“Compelling. Subversive. Globally transformative. A contribution of a generation” - NAOMI KLEIN

“Timeless and provocative... groundbreaking” - AMITAV GHOSH

“It will change your understanding of the modern world” - JONATHAN KENNEDY

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes the definitive history of the Western Hemisphere, an extensive narrative spanning five centuries that redefines our understanding of North and South America. The story of the unique sense of self-awareness of the United States has been subjected to introspection looking south - just as Latin America has been inevitably shaped by the giant to the north. In this impressively original reinterpretation of the New World, Professor Greg Grandin reveals how the Americas emerged from continuous and tumultuous engagement with one another, shedding new light on well-known historical figures such as Bartolomé de las Casas, Simón Bolívar, and Woodrow Wilson, as well as lesser-known actors like Venezuelan Francisco de Miranda, who almost lost his head during the French Revolution and conspired with Alexander Hamilton to liberate America from Spain.

“America, América” spans half a millennium, from the Spanish Conquest - the largest mortality event in human history - through the civil wars of the eighteenth century and the Monroe Doctrine, to the coups and revolutions of the twentieth century. This monumental work of study establishes our understanding of Spanish and English colonization, slavery and racism, the rise of global humanitarianism, and the role of social democracy in thwarting authoritarian tendencies. This work is both comprehensive and accessible, demonstrating how the United States and Latin America together shaped the laws, institutions, and ideas that govern the modern world. Drawing from an extensive collection of sources and narrated with knowledge and intensity, it is a truly new history of the New World.

“A maestro and interpreter, yet absolutely captivating” - ADA FERRER

“An important and desperately needed synthesis of the Americas” - NED BLACKHAWK

“An impressive masterpiece” - SAMUEL MOYN

* Professor Greg Grandin won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction in 2020 with the book “The End of Myth.” Pages: 768, Dimensions: 16.3x16.3cm