The Cult of Individualism: A History of an Enduring American Myth: A History of an Enduring American Myth

American individualism: It is the reason for American success, but it also tears the nation apart.

• Documents how the concept and execution of "American individualism" is as diverse as America itself

• Explains how the American notion of individualism has roots that extend back to cultural myths that predate the founding of the nation

• Spotlights the role of the "Borderer" culture spearheaded by the Scots-Irish, whose legacy fuels much of America's contemporary cultural and political divides

• Provides eye-opening information for any reader who wishes to know why so many of our 21st-century political debates in America seem hopelessly irreconcilable