The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again Free Audiobook Download by Robert D. Putnam

The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again is a book written by Robert D. Putnam about how America came together as a nation in the 19th century. The author uses the story of the Civil War to show how people from all over America worked with one another to create an American democracy that is still going strong today. The book talks about how fighting for American democracy was very similar to fighting for American self-determination, but how both were hindered by the lack of leadership and cooperation back then.

Putnam's book, 'The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again,' is not just a piece of great history. It is an examination of the reasons why America's identity has been fractured over the past few decades. The author argues that in order to heal this nation's divisions, we must remember how it all began; with one hundred years of shared commonalities that made us strong.

Robert D. Putnam begins his book, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again by saying: "Americans are more divided than ever before." He then goes on to say that, in the last twenty years, the idea of communities coming together has been challenged by the rise of individualism, polarization in politics and social media echo chambers.

America has been struggling with polarization for a long time. In his book, The Upswing, Robert D. Putnam looks back upon America from the end of the Civil War and all the divides that have persisted since then. He offers a different perspective: instead of looking at America's divisions, we should look at how it came together in the first place. The book is put into plain English by Arthur Morey who knows how to tell a story as he narrates this book.

In his book, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again, Robert D. Putnam sheds light on how America came together as a nation in the early 1900s by breaking down what mattered to Americans back then and how we can apply the same ideals today.