Boorstin, Daniel J.
The Americans The colonial experience by Daniel J. Boorstin - New York Random House 1958 - 434 pages
Includes Index
The vision and the reality. A city upon a hill : the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay ; The inward plantation : the Quakers of Pennsylvania ; Victims of philanthropy : the settlers of Georgia ; Transplanters : the Virginians -- Viewpoints and institutions. An American frame of mind ; Educating the community ; The learned lose their monopolies ; New world medicine ; The limits of American science -- Language and the printed word. The new uniformity ; Culture without a capital ; A conservative press -- Warfare and diplomacy. A nation of minute men.
Traces the development of America from the earliest settlements through the American Revolution, focusing on the attitudes and forces that formed the American character.
United States --Civilization--To 1783
National characteristics American
United States -- Intellectual life
917.3 Boo 15
The Americans The colonial experience by Daniel J. Boorstin - New York Random House 1958 - 434 pages
Includes Index
The vision and the reality. A city upon a hill : the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay ; The inward plantation : the Quakers of Pennsylvania ; Victims of philanthropy : the settlers of Georgia ; Transplanters : the Virginians -- Viewpoints and institutions. An American frame of mind ; Educating the community ; The learned lose their monopolies ; New world medicine ; The limits of American science -- Language and the printed word. The new uniformity ; Culture without a capital ; A conservative press -- Warfare and diplomacy. A nation of minute men.
Traces the development of America from the earliest settlements through the American Revolution, focusing on the attitudes and forces that formed the American character.
United States --Civilization--To 1783
National characteristics American
United States -- Intellectual life
917.3 Boo 15