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Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The 1970s were the end result of half a century of Westernization in Iran, and Aria's father was the man of the hour. But when the Shah was overthrown and the Ayatollah rose to power in 1979, Aria's idyllic life skidded to a halt...As the surreal began to invade the mundane, with family friends disappearing every day and resources growing scarce, Aria found himself torn between being the man of the house and being a much needed source of comic relief....
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xii, 417 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The author of American Nations returns to the historical study of a fractured America by examining how a myth of national unity was created and fought over in the nineteenth century--a myth that continues to affect us today. Union tells the story of how the myth of our national origins, identity, and purpose was intentionally created in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A small group of individuals--historians, political leaders, and...
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