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DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents\n\nGREG GRANDIN\nThe End of the Myth: From the 
 Frontier to the Border Wall In the Mind of America\n\nadvance tickets: $12, 
 T: 800-838-3006  or Pegasus Books (3 sites), Books Inc (Berkeley), Moe's 
 Books, Walden Pond Bookstore, East Bay Books\nMrs. Dalloway's  $15 door, 
 benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM  info: kpfa.org/events   \n\nA finalist for the 
 Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award & National Book Critics' Circle Award 
 now offers an eye-opening new interpretation of our history.\n\nFrom the 
 very beginning of this nation, the idea of an open frontier has been at the 
 core of our American identity, symbolizing a future full of promise. Today, 
 however, the USA has an entirely new symbol: the border wall.  In The End 
 of the Myth, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin explores the meaning of the 
 frontier across the full sweep of US history, from the American Revolution 
 all the way to the Trump presidency. Throughout the centuries, Grandin 
 shows, America's constant expansion served as a "gate of escape," helping 
 to deflect domestic conflicts outward.  But this deflection meant that they 
 country's problems, from racism to inequality, were never confronted 
 directly. Now the 2008 financial meltdown and our unwinnable wars in the 
 Middle East have slammed this gate shut, bringing political passions and 
 ugly racist nationalism back home with a vengeance. \n\nGreg Grandin is the 
 author of The Empire of Necessity, which won the Bancroft Prize; 
 Fordlandia, which was a finalist  for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book 
 Award, and the  National Book Critics Circle Award, plus a number of other 
 widely acclaimed books, including Kissinger's Shadow, Empire's Workshop, 
 The Last Colonial Massacre, and The Blood of Guatemala.\n\n$12 advance, $15 
 door.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/02/21/18821323.php
SUMMARY:Greg Grandin: The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\n2345 Channing Way\nBerkeley, CA 
 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/02/21/18821323.php
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