{"product_id":"the-broken-heart-of-america-st-louis-and-the-violent-history-of-the-united-states","title":"The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA searing and \"magisterial\" (Cornel West, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‚Äìbestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDemocracy Matters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) history of American racial exploitation and resistance, told through the turbulent past of the city of St. Louis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how imperialism, racism, and capitalism have persistently entwined to corrupt the nation's past.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e St. Louis was a staging post for Indian removal and imperial expansion, and its wealth grew on the backs of its poor black residents, from slavery through redlining and urban renewal. But it was once also America's most radical city, home to anti-capitalist immigrants, the Civil War's first general emancipation, and the nation's first general strike‚Äîa legacy of resistance that endures.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A blistering history of a city's rise and decline, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Broken Heart of America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will forever change how we think about the United States. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578918768925,"sku":"9781541619586","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781541619586.jpg?v=1762277959","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/the-broken-heart-of-america-st-louis-and-the-violent-history-of-the-united-states","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}