Greg grandin the end of the myth5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Benjamin Franklin’s version of political economy described the vast lands of the continent as a safety valve that ensured families would grow, wages would stay high, and demand would keep up with supply. The End of the Myth shows how the “Founding Fathers” of the United States held up westward expansion as a crucial part of the prosperous future they saw for white men in North America. The historian Greg Grandin’s new book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America fits that bill perfectly. ![]() ![]() In this era of Make America Great Again baseball caps and undeserved nostalgia for an unjust past, it is a welcome tonic to read a well written, engaging historical overview of the settler colonialism that drove this country’s creation. ![]()
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