America's History Retold Conquest, Colonialism and Constitutions - Paperback

by Alfred De Grazia (Author)

A new history of America, analytical, critical and in epic form by political scientist Alfred de Grazia, summing up a life-long involvement with the processes at work in the making of America and its projection into the world. This Volume One covers the Native American cultures from Pre-Columbian times and examines anthropological and human accretions of successives waves of immigration. It follows the colonial history of the United States all the way to the heady times of the Declaration Independence and through the first years of the young Republic.

Author Biography

One of the foremost political scientists of his generation, Alfred de Grazia was born in Chicago and studied at University of Chicago. He taught at University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, Brown University, Stanford University, New York University. He published over thirty books in the field of political science and some thirty more in other fields, like philosophy, natural history and poetry. He founded the field of Quantavolution - the study of abrupt, large scale changes in nature and history. Now in his nineties, and active as ever, he spends his years between France and Greece with his wife, a French author.