{"product_id":"book-e4vz","title":"1620","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Wood argues against the flawed interpretation of history found in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e' 1619 Project and asserts that the true origins of American self-government were enshrined in the Mayflower compact in 1620.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas America founded on the auction block in Jamestown in 1619 or aboard the Mayflower in 1620? The controversy erupted in August 2019 when the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e announced its 1619 Project. The \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e set to transform history by asserting that all the laws, material gains, and cultural achievements of Americans are rooted in the exploitation of African-Americans. Historians have pushed back, saying that the 1619 Project conjures a false narrative out of racial grievance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book sums up what the critics have said and argues that the traditional starting point for the American story-the signing of the Mayflower Compact aboard ship before the Pilgrims set foot in the Massachusetts wilderness-is right. A nation as complex as ours, of course, has many starting points, including the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But if we want to understand where the quintessential ideas of self-government and ordered liberty came from, the deliberate actions of the Mayflower immigrants in 1620 count much more than the near accidental arrival in Virginia fifteen months earlier of a Portuguese slave ship commandeered by English pirates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchools across the country have already adopted The \u003cem\u003eTimes'\u003c\/em\u003e radical revision of history as part of their curricula. The stakes are high. Should children be taught that our nation is, to its bone, a 400-year-old system of racist oppression? Or should we teach children that what has always made America exceptional is its pursuit of liberty and justice for all?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49292028018992,"sku":"BDe4vz","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49292028051760,"sku":"ZEe4vz","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49292028182832,"sku":"ZMe4vz","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/e4vz-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775920637","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-e4vz","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}