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You can forgive a lot, but not this,
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This review is from: Illinois: A HISTORY (Paperback)
Jensen's little book is just that--little. He seems to have defined an idea born out of a certain slant in the 1970s and then decided to force the history of Illinois into that idea's framework. It is a limited view of a monolithic movement from traditionalism to modernism to postmodernism. Each era of Illinois' history is described through one of these lenses with no appreciation for the fact that none is sufficient to describe an era and that more than one of these ideas seems to obtain in any given period--and that the three together are not sufficient for describing any society. The dismissal of whole groups (native peoples, Irish immigrants, Blacks, Catholics) as given to superstition and as easily manipulated by the powers-that be is naive at best. Throughout the book, Jensen spouts damning generalizations with scant evidence, provides quotations with no sources, and generally paints history in ways that ensure it will fit into his three-phase thesis. Don't buy this book.
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Illinois: A HISTORY by Richard J. Jensen (Paperback - September 26, 2001)
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