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Join us at this exclusive event at the Royal Geographical Society with Simon Schama, writer, historian and presenter for the BBC for over 20 years. Schama has just released his timely book, The American Future – A History, to much critical acclaim, and in conjunction with the BBC TV series of the same name.
Following the monumental election results, hear Schama's expert view on the future of the United States of America.
Simon Schama’s authoritative work comes at an apposite time in the country’s history. Published on the brink of an historic November 2008 election, the imminent collapse of Reagan Republicanism means the country is facing an intense self-examination of the trajectory of its history; how it came to find itself in multiple crises and how an America that began as 'the last, best hope of earth' came to be so suspected and vilified around much of the world.
Schama has spent half his life in America and is thus ideally placed to take a long-term view of how the United States has come to this anguished moment of truth about its own identity as a nation and its place in the world.
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Tickets are £10 and will be available to buy at the door on the night.
The event is held at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) at 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR (see map, below). The nearest Underground stop is South Kensington.
For more information on the RGS, visit their website www.rgs.org.
