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America, América: A New History of the New World

The story of how the United States’ identity was formed is almost invariably told by looking east to Europe. Recent histories, however, are shifting our understanding of America’s origins, arguing that the nation’s unique sense of itself was in fact forged facing south toward Latin America. In turn, Latin America developed its own identity in struggle with the looming colossus to the north. Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin traverses half a millennium, from the Spanish Conquest—the greatest mortality event in human history—through the eighteenth-century wars for independence, the Monroe Doctrine, and the coups and revolutions of the twentieth century, radically redefining the history of the Western Hemisphere.











When: Wed., Apr. 23, 2025 at 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: The New York Historical
170 Central Park West
212-873-3400
Price: $35
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The story of how the United States’ identity was formed is almost invariably told by looking east to Europe. Recent histories, however, are shifting our understanding of America’s origins, arguing that the nation’s unique sense of itself was in fact forged facing south toward Latin America. In turn, Latin America developed its own identity in struggle with the looming colossus to the north. Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin traverses half a millennium, from the Spanish Conquest—the greatest mortality event in human history—through the eighteenth-century wars for independence, the Monroe Doctrine, and the coups and revolutions of the twentieth century, radically redefining the history of the Western Hemisphere.

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