Jackson Lears
American cultural and intellectual historian and author known for works on advertising, consumer culture, and U.S. intellectual and cultural history (e.g., Fables of Abundance).
Books
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1. Rebirth Of A Nation
The Making of Modern America, 1877-1920
A cultural and political history of the United States between 1877 and 1920 that examines how leaders, reformers, business interests, and popular movements sought to remake national identity amid rapid industrialization, urban growth, and social conflict; it traces the emergence of consumer culture, progressive reforms, imperial ambitions, and new civic institutions alongside exclusionary policies, racial violence, and corporate power, arguing that modern America was forged through competing visions of renewal that blended idealism, managerial control, and coercion.
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