Greg Grandin on 'The End of the Myth' and 'American, América'

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Luke talks with Greg Grandin about two of his recent books, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind, and American, América. Topics include the importance of the Frontier and Westward Expansion in US history, Reconstruction, Mexican political movements, and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Greg is the Peter V. and C. Vann Woodward Professor of History at Yale and the author of several books, including Fordlandia, The Empire of Necessity, and Kissinger’s Shadow.