The American Future: A History

In The American Future, acclaimed historian and award-winning author Simon Schama offers an in-depth analysis of the American character. Schama examines four themes--war, religion, race and immigration, and the relationship between natural resources and prosperity--through the prism of the historic 2008 presidential election.

In a magnificent work that the Wall Street Journal calls a "celebration of American resiliency,"

Schama looks back at the nation's history to see more clearly into its future and discovers men and women whose stories have been lost to time. Full of unexpected insights and spellbinding tales, The American Future ensures that as the nation moves forward into an uncertain future, it is reminded of the lessons learned in its past.

Simon Schama is a professor of history at Columbia University. His award-winning books include Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands 1780-1813; Two Rothschilds and the Land of Israel; Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution; Dead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations); Landscape and Memory; Rembrandt's Eyes; the History of Britain trilogy and Hang-Ups: Essays on Painting (Mostly). Since 1990 Simon has been a writer and presenter of many television programs on art and history for BBC2, including A History of Britain.

"Schama is a masterful stylist and storyteller." -- Boston Globe

--The Times (London)