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America: The Imagination of a Nation

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There is no idea quite like America. It is skyscrapers and open highways, Hollywood and the Old West, Coca-Cola and Levi's, the roar of a crowd and the quiet promise whispered to every generation: you can be anything you want. Now, as the nation marks its 250th anniversary, Assouline captures th...
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Journalist and author Joel Stein was a staff writer and columnist for Time magazine for twenty years, where he wrote twenty-two cover stories. He was a columnist for Entertainment Weekly and the Los Angeles Times and is the author of the books Man Made and In Defense of Elitism. He previously taught at Princeton, wrote for several sitcoms, and wrote Moscot for Assouline.

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The Classics Collection

America: The Imagination of a Nation

$120

America is another word for Opportunity.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, “American Civilization,” Miscellanies, 1862
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Page count

200 pages

Number of illustrations

150

Language

English

Released on

June 2026

Dimensions

W 10 x L 13 x D 1.5 in

Cover materials

Linen Hardcover

ISBN

9781649806611

Weight

4.41 lb

Author

Introduction by Joel Stein