{"product_id":"1594634750-the_plateau","title":"The Plateau","description":"\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuring World War II, French villagers offered safe harbor to countless strangers—mostly children—as they fled for their lives. The same place offers refuge to migrants today. Why?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a remote pocket of Nazi-held France, ordinary people risked their lives to rescue many hundreds of strangers, mostly Jewish children. Was this a fluke of history, or something more? Anthropologist Maggie Paxson, certainties shaken by years of studying strife, arrives on the Plateau to explore this phenomenon: What are the traits that make a group choose selflessness? \u003cbr\u003eIn this beautiful, wind-blown place, Paxson discovers a tradition of offering refuge that dates back centuries. But it is the story of a distant relative that provides the beacon for which she has been searching. Restless and idealistic, Daniel Trocmé had found a life of meaning and purpose—or it found him—sheltering a group of children on the Plateau, until the Holocaust came for him, too. Paxson's journey into past and present turns up new answers, new questions, and a renewed faith in the possibilities for us all, in an age when global conflict has set millions adrift. Riveting, multilayered, and intensely personal, \u003ci\u003eThe Plateau\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply inspiring journey into the central conundrum of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience \u0026amp; Math\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBehavioral Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eAnthropology\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":48095134679230,"sku":"1594634750-4","price":18.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81L9lQQRuTL.jpg?v=1783606152","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1594634750-the_plateau","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}