'An original and outstanding new history of the New World ... Magisterial' Spectator 'An
extraordinarily ambitious book . . . America América reads at times as the historical
equivalent of the great epic novels of Gabriel García Márquez' Irish Times 'Compelling and
written with zest...Don't be surprised if he wins another Pulitzer' Financial Times THE NEW
YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE The first definitive
history of the Western hemisphere a sweeping five-century narrative of North and South America
that redefines our understanding of both continents - perfect for readers of How the World Made
the West . The story of the United States' unique sense of itself was forged facing south -
no less than Latin America's was indelibly stamped by the looming colossus to the north. In
this stunningly original reinterpretation of the New World Professor Greg Grandin reveals how
the Americas emerged from constant turbulent engagement with each other shedding new light on
well-known historical figures like Bartolomé de las Casas Simón Bolívar and Woodrow Wilson as
well as lesser-known actors such as the Venezuelan Francisco de Miranda who almost lost his
head in the French Revolution and conspired with Alexander Hamilton to free America from Spain.
America América traverses half a millennium from the Spanish Conquest - the greatest
mortality event in human history - through the eighteenth-century wars for independence and the
Monroe Doctrine to the coups and revolutions of the twentieth century. This monumental work of
scholarship fundamentally changes our understanding of Spanish and English colonialism slavery
and racism the rise of universal humanism and the role of social democracy in staving off
authoritarian impulses. At once comprehensive and accessible America América shows how the
United States and Latin America together shaped the laws institutions and ideals that govern
the modern world. Drawing on a vast array of sources and told with authority and flair this
is a genuinely new history of the New World. 'Dazzling. Mind-altering. World-changing. A
once-in-a-generation contribution' NAOMI KLEIN 'Sweeping and provocative ... groundbreaking'
AMITAV GHOSH 'Will transform your understanding of the modern world' JONATHAN KENNEDY
'Masterful and erudite yet absolutely riveting' ADA FERRER 'A major and desperately needed
synthesis of the Americas' NED BLACKHAWK 'An awe-inspiring masterpiece' SAMUEL MOYN *
Professor Greg Grandin won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction in 2020 with his book The End of
the Myth. America América has been shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize and is a finalist
for the Kirkus Prize.
