{"product_id":"the-1619-project-myth-hardcover","title":"The 1619 Project Myth - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhillip W. Magness\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"There is no one better to pick apart the disastrous 1619 Project than Phil Magness. If every classroom that incorporated the 1619 Project into its curriculum replaced it with this book, the country would be better off.\" --Coleman Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlavery is part of America's story--its greatest shame. But \u003ci\u003eabolition\u003c\/i\u003e is part of America's story, too.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIgnoring the latter isn't just bad scholarship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's \u003ci\u003ebrazen deceit\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And more often than not, it's done for political reasons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But that didn't seem to bother the writers at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e when they launched the 1619 Project in August 2019. Advertised as a journalistic deep dive on the history of slavery, the series promised thematic explorations on a number of topics ranging from the first slave ship's arrival in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Independent Institute Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair\u003cb\u003e Phillip W. Magness\u003c\/b\u003e was intrigued. What he found, though, was something else entirely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To say he was disappointed is putting it mildly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The 1619 Project was riddled with \u003cb\u003epartisan hysteria, sloppy \"scholarship,\" blatant errors of fact and interpretation, and, above all else, an anti-capitalist ideological agenda to make the case for tearing down our free market economy. \u003c\/b\u003eWorse still, its transformation from intellectual debate to political dogma poisoned discourse on the right \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003ethe left. Angry Twitter mobs canceled and called for the censoring of all critics. Civil discourse and rational thinking became almost impossible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlmost \u003c\/i\u003eimpossible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thankfully, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1619 Project Myth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eboldly sounds the alarm on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times' \u003c\/i\u003eoutright ideological warfare against American history. It's the essential guide to the many lies, distortions, and propaganda peddled by the 1619 Project and its defenders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Magness' writing is cool, calm, collected, and firm. An acclaimed academic and historian in his own right, he debunks and dismantles every myth and blunder of the 1619 Project, including: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow the 1619 Project's creator Nikole Hannah-Jones twisted history into shallow political propaganda (just in time for election season);\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewhy the Project's activist defenders rely on sneering derision instead of historical facts;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewhy capitalism is \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003eracist ... and, in fact, helped free the slaves;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewhy reparations are a moral and logistical dead end;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow the American Historical Association fumbled a chance to protect its institutional integrity and defend real scholarship;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow Hannah-Jones responded to her critics by ignoring their corrections and making her message even more partisan, political, and anti-capitalist;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eand so much more...\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these pages, Magness delivers a long-overdue rebuke to \"scholars\" who treat history as a political weapon. History isn't a tool for scoring points. It's a long, complicated, and morally nuanced story that demands \u003ci\u003ehumility\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eintelligence\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003emoral courage\u003c\/i\u003e from every scholar who dares plumb its depths. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis is a must-read book on slavery, freedom, and the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003etrue \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhillip W. Magness\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and the David J. Theroux Chair in Political Economy. He has served as Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, and as Academic Program Director at the Institute for Humane Studies and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy in the School of Public Policy and Government at George Mason University. He received his Ph.D. from George Mason University's School of Public Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53060692640077,"sku":"9781598134094","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/UsslxausnF9781598134094.webp?v=1766548524","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-1619-project-myth-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}