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Mar 12, 1964 | ISBN 9780394705132 Buy
Jun 30, 2010 | ISBN 9780307756480 Buy
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Mar 12, 1964 | ISBN 9780394705132
Jun 30, 2010 | ISBN 9780307756480
Winner of the Bancroft Prize In this brilliantly original book, written for the general reader, the American past becomes richly meaningful to the present.
Daniel J. Boorstin was the author of The Americans, a trilogy (The Colonial Experience, The National Experience, and The Democratic Experience) that won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1989, he received the National Book Award for lifetime contribution… More about Daniel J. Boorstin
“What made the Americans Americans? This is the question posed by Daniel J. Boorstin in a thoughtful, readable and often provocative book.” —Wesley Frank Craven, The New York Times“This is an ambitious book, well-documented throughout, with many stimulating ideas. . . . Mr. Boorstin is searching for the the grandiose motives, probing the words and actions of the colonists for contemporary meaning.” —Hebert Mitgang, The New York Times“Mr. Boorstin’s focus in this impressive essay in intellectual history is the interplay between ideas and institution. Using this as his perspective, he offers a fresh and arresting reading of the colonial mind.” —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.“A superb panorama of life in America from the first settlements on through the white hot days of the Revolution.” – Bruce Lancaster, Saturday Review
Bancroft Prize WINNER 1959
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