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Reading Roundup II

December is the month of reading wrap-ups for the year. See Book Riot, Contingent Magazine, NPR, Smithsonian Magazine, and many more.  Here is simply a roundup of a few of the books relating to U.S. intellectual history that I’ve enjoyed recently. Happy reading, and happy holidays! Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer (New York: Basic Books, 2022) Edited by Princeton History Professors Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer, each chapter of Myth America unpacks, historicizes, and debunks an American myth. Chapters include the topics of immigration Read more