About this episode

Greg Grandin discusses his book and the need to rethink the history of the New World.

Greg Grandin, author of “America, América: A New History of the New World,” on a revolutionary concept of the “New World” and why we should rethink American and Latin American history.

Keywords

• revolutionary concept
• history
• America
• Latin America

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