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I'm a 21-year-old guy and since they unfortunately didn't teach us about American history in school I wanna learn it all on my own from the beginning to the present.

I'm really looking forward to a deep dive to not only understand American history better but also to get a better grasp of the culture, people, economics, politics and social aspects that influenced America to become what it is now.

I was wondering what the best ways and resources are to do this. Maybe someone can recommend some good media resources. It doesn't matter what it is, it could be books, videos, podcasts, documentaries, documents, articles, movies and so on.

I'm open for everything :)

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[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hamilton the musical. And what the other commenters are saying.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 1 points 23 hours ago

To the downvoter: I get it, musicals aren’t serious. But go watch it, preferably on stage. It’s an amazing telling of the origins of the US, the Founding Fathers - not just Alexander Hamilton. If you are looking for serious, it’s got plenty of years and dry facts intermingled.