"Fascinating.... A major work by a leading historian at the top of his game—at once engaging and tightly argued." —
The New York Times Book Review
“Dazzling cultural history: smart, provocative, and gripping. It is also a book for our times, historically grounded, hopeful, and filled with humane, just, and peaceful possibilities.” —
The Washington Post
An illuminating and authoritative history of America in the years between the Civil War and World War I, Jackson Lears’s
Rebirth of a Nation
was named one of the best books of 2009 by
The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune
, and
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
.