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In honor of this country’s 250th anniversary, America: The Imagination of a Nation celebrates the historic legacy and expressive creativity of the United States. Conceived as a reflection on the American Dream, this book explores the pioneering ideals, enterprising innovations, and singular energ...
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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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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 25 x L 33 x D 4 cm

Cover materials

Linen Hardcover

ISBN

9781649806611

Weight

2.0 kg

Introduction by Joel Stein

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