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The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
Greg Grandin
2019
Metropolitan Books
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Book Review
The Myth of the American Frontier
Greg Grandin’s new book charts the past and present of American expansionism and its high human costs.
by
Jedediah Britton-Purdy
via
The Nation
on
April 1, 2019
Book Review
When the Frontier Becomes the Wall
What the border fight means for one of the nation’s most potent, and most violent, myths.
by
Francisco Cantú
via
The New Yorker
on
March 4, 2019
Book Excerpt
How Violent American Vigilantes at the Border Led to Trump’s Wall
From the 80s onwards, the borderlands were rife with paramilitary cruelty and racism. But the president’s rhetoric has thrown fuel on the fire.
by
Greg Grandin
via
The Guardian
on
February 28, 2019
