{"product_id":"when-the-world-turned-upside-down-politics-culture-and-the-unimaginable-events-of-2019-2022-9781433196140","title":"When the World Turned Upside Down: Politics, Culture, and the Unimaginable Events of 2019-2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen the World Turned Upside Down\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of 66 essays and opinion columns written between 2019 and 2022, a period of momentous--some unimaginable--developments in the United States and across the world. This book stands at the intersection of opinion journalism, history, and chronicling offering a dialogue between past and present (or present and past). They are, to use the often-quoted phrase, first drafts of history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver the past five years, the world has witnessed several \"unimaginables\" about which the author felt compelled to write. Some of the book's essays identify, analyze, and connect parallels between the U.S. Antebellum and Civil War and the contemporary increasingly polarized context that reached an explosive peak during the 2020 elections and the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShrouded in a cloud of unprecedented global pestilence, the world has witnessed dramatic political and geopolitical change, mostly for the worse: China, Russia, Hungary, Belarus, Myanmar, Cuba, even Puerto Rico. Essays in this book discuss these transformations from a historical perspective as well as mass popular resistance, in places like Cuba, where they seemed unimaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book's final section, \"Not Boring at All: Globalization and World Politics,\" explores the global ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical rearrangements related to China's meteoric ascendance as a world power, Russia's militaristic expansionism, and related topics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eWhen the World Turned Upside Down\u003c\/i\u003e, Luis Martínez-Fernández demonstrates that he is not 'merely' an acclaimed historian, but an engaging, sharp-witted social commentator. This excellent collection of columns, written during and about what Martínez-Fernández rightly terms 'the unimaginable events of 2019-2022, ' is dazzling for his easy, readable blend of history, sociology, popular culture, politics and more.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--Jeff Robbins, Columnist, \u003ci\u003eBoston Herald \u003c\/i\u003eand Creators Syndicate\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Martínez-Fernández's book reads like a series of missives from the front, capturing the drama of unfolding, often unpredictable, events. The author is a master story-weaver, drawing from the warp and weft of our national and global histories to reveal patterns in today's events.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--Suzette Martinez Standring, Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Column Writing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Professor Martínez-Fernández fuses the perspective of a historian with a journalist's eye on wide-ranging contemporary events. The result is an exhilarating read and a broader understanding of today's world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--George Breslauer, Professor and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emeritus, UC Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13320767\"\u003eLuis Martínez-Fernández\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 5.91w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433196140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143319614X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC041000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL032000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL046000\"\u003eCommentary \u0026amp; Opinion\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Luis Martínez-Fernández\u003c\/strong\u003e is a historian, university professor, nationally syndicated columnist, and public speaker whose fields of expertise include Latin America; the Caribbean; education; world cultures; and Latino\/Hispanic politics, culture, and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44521369600237,"sku":"9781433196140","price":71.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ef862833-d8e4-4045-945a-481a376c77f3.jpg?v=1701290270","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/when-the-world-turned-upside-down-politics-culture-and-the-unimaginable-events-of-2019-2022-9781433196140","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}