The \;United States is in \;the&nb sp\;grip of a crisis of bad history. Inaccurate interpretations and outrig ht misrepresentations of \;the \;past--cultivated within and promo ted by \;the \;conservative movement and right-wing media over&nbs p\;the \;last several decades-hold sway among large numbers of America ns\, damaging our public discourse. In \;Myth \;America\, \;hi storians \;Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer have assembled an all-star t eam of \;historians \;to provide textured analysis that explains w hat we get wrong about \;the \;past. Drawing \;on \;their immense knowledge of scholarship and their own primary research\, these co ntributors provide correctives to \;the \;ways conservatives disto rt history to serve \;the \;needs of their anti-democratic agenda. For instance: Erika Lee shows how\, far from posing a relentless threat t o \;America\, immigrants have long been recruited and even coerced to come to \;the \;United States. Joshua Zeitz traces how \;the&n bsp\;welfare programs of \;the \;Great Society\, criticized by&nbs p\;the \;right as wasteful failures\, have provided millions of Americ ans with food security\, health care\, and education. Carol Anderson uncov ers how racism and anxiety over \;the \;nation's changing demograp hics\, not voter fraud\, are motivating Republicans' assault \;on \;voting rights. Elizabeth Hinton reveals that\, rather than curbing crime \, patrolling low-income communities with outside police forces has histor ically intensified violence and made everyone less safe. Taken together\,& nbsp\;the \;essays unveil how corporate interests and right-wing polit icians use bad history to fan \;the \;flames of white resentment a nd unravel \;America's \;social safety net. Replacing \;myths& nbsp\;with research and reality\, \;Myth \;America \;is essent ial reading amid today's heated debates about our nation's past.
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