{"product_id":"who-we-are-americas-fight-for-universal-progress-from-franklin-to-kennedy-volume-i-1750s-to-1850s-9798697023570","title":"Who We Are: America's Fight for Universal Progress, from Franklin to Kennedy: Volume I - 1750s to 1850s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most original history books in a generation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnton Chaitkin's new book provides a completely new understanding of the industrial revolution and the strategic context for America's founding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChaitkin deeply documents the policy fight - industrial progress versus empire-dictated backwardness, exposing the shallow sophistries of Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and revisionist ideologues on the origin of modern times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eWho We Are\u003c\/b\u003e\" reveals: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBenjamin Franklin, based in England, inspired and coordinated a small circle of progressive innovators who built Britain's first canals, invented the steam engine, and brought on the Industrial Revolution.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFranklin and Alexander Hamilton's national banking, protectionist and manufacturing ideas countered the imperial doctrines of \"free trade\" and agrarianism promoted by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson, formerly an anti-slavery revolutionary, had become the spokesman for Southern interests and the associated imperial trade system.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA team of 6 statesmen and military leaders in the early 19th century revived the Revolutionary legacy and organized America's industrial transformation, building the canals, the first railroads, the coal and iron industries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\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-14134262\"\u003eAnton Chaitkin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798697023570\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-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS023000\"\u003eEconomic History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42680205050093,"sku":"9.80E+12","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_8052f8be-9a52-4780-8348-e931fd22f0fc.jpg?v=1649692856","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/who-we-are-americas-fight-for-universal-progress-from-franklin-to-kennedy-volume-i-1750s-to-1850s-9798697023570","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}