{"product_id":"flag-was-still-there-david-mckean-9781541704169","title":"The Flag Was Still There: A History of the American Experiment in Five Anniversaries","description":"\u003cb\u003eA clear-eyed yet hopeful history of the United States, revisiting the state of the union every fifty years since America's birth. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brilliantly written and illuminating.\" --Douglas Brinkley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e America is the rare country that was founded on an idea, and it was a truly radical idea for its time: the belief that the people of a country could govern themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Flag Was Still There\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique new narrative of the American Experiment. By focusing on five remarkable years marked by both progress and backlash--1776, 1826, 1876, 1926, and 1976--and with an eye to America's 250th birthday, David McKean and M. Todd Bennett explore how the United States has sustained its founding idea. The centennial saw a country still struggling to confront the Civil War's legacy, culminating in the birth of the Jim Crow era. In 1926, virulent nativism was at a peak, and a reascendant Ku Klux Klan marched on Washington. The bicentennial was marked by economic turmoil, post-Watergate political malaise, and the still-fresh wounds of the Vietnam War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e America has yet to fully realize its founding principles. But as \u003ci\u003eThe Flag Was Still There\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us, Americans have always striven to defend, renew, and extend the nation's promise even in the face of staunch resistance--a determination that continues to this day.","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50045207445697,"sku":"9781541704169","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9781541704169.jpg?v=1773248360","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/flag-was-still-there-david-mckean-9781541704169","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}