Daniel j boorstin editor (12 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDReference. Crease to front cover else very good.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFine in fine dust jacket.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 6th printing edition. 224 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Leinen. Zustand: Gut. 35,5 cm ; Überaus großformatige und schwere englischsprachige Hardcoverausgabe, Leineneinband mit Golddruck, 352 Seiten mit sehr zahlreichen interessanten Fotos und Illustrationen. Gutes Exemplar (good Condition). hw832. Photos And Drawings (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. modern library edition. 1258 pages. 8.25x4.75x1.75 inches. In Stock. Piranesi, Gian Battista (illustrator).

Very good condition. Spine tips, corners and bottom cover edges are rubbed. 994 total pages with three indexes.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Quarto. xvii, [1], 994 pages. One volume edition. No DJ present. Footnotes. Index of Authors, Titles, and Editors. General Index. Index of Words and Phrases. some soiling to fore-edge, some discoloration inside hinges, small tear title page, some wear to board & spine edges. Primary sources on American history, including the petition of the accused witch Mary Easty, Thomas A. Edison on the industrial research laboratory, and Louis H. Sullivan on the skyscraper. Albert J. Beveridge, "the March of the Flag, " 1898, ed. by Ernest R. May (pp. 621-629), treats the Spanish-American War. Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 - February 28, 2004) was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Boorstin became a political conservative and a prominent exponent of consensus history. He argued in The Genius of American Politics (1953) that ideology, propaganda, and political theory are foreign to America. His writings were often seen, along with those of historians such as Richard Hofstadter, Louis Hartz and Clinton Rossiter, as belonging to the "consensus school", which emphasized the unity of the American people and downplayed class and social conflict. Boorstin especially praised inventors and entrepreneurs as central to the American success story. An American Primer is an anthology of key American documents, laws, and writings that illustrate the nation's history and culture. It features 83 selections, from the Mayflower Compact to a 1965 Voting Rights speech, with commentary from prominent historians like Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and Henry Steele Commager, providing context on the American way of life. This features analysis and commentary from numerous distinguished historians. and covers a wide range of American political, economic, and cultural history. Presumed first single volume edition, first printing.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Presumed First Edition, First Printing. The format is approximately 10.5 inches by 14 inches. 352 pages. Illustrations [title page states 565 Illustrations, 139 in color, 426 photographs, engravings and maps). Some page discoloration noted. The dust jacket is price clipped and is in a plastic sleeve and has some wear, soiling, and chips. The previous owner's bookplate is on the fep. This is a large, heavy oversized book that is sent outside of the United States will require additional shipping charges. Contents; Exploration's nation: the role of discovery in American history / William H. Goetzmann. -- A nation of nations: who are the Americans? / Nathan Glazer. -- Freedom and faith: spiritual attitudes of a new world / Martin E. Marty. -- Popular politics: the government of the people in action / Frank Freidel. -- Stages of enterprise: the business of America / W. W. Rostow. -- A changing federalism: American systems of laws and constitutions / Philip B. Kurland. -- Society, inequality, and manners: the new aristocracies of success / Walter Muir Whitehill. -- Teaching the nation: the development of American education / Marcus Cunliffe. -- New-world cities: architecture and townscape / Edmund N. Bacon. -- Entertainment arts: theater, music and film / Richard Schickel. -- Written words: the making of American literature / R.W.B. Lewis. -- Aesthetic America: the problem of reality / Harold Rosenberg. -- Missionary and world power: America's destiny in the twentieth century / Ernest R. May. A list of sources for the illustrations and an Index. Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 - February 28, 2004) was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Boorstin became a political conservative and a prominent exponent of consensus history. He argued in The Genius of American Politics (1953) that ideology, propaganda, and political theory are foreign to America. His writings were often seen, along with those of historians such as Richard Hofstadter, Louis Hartz and Clinton Rossiter, as belonging to the "consensus school", which emphasized the unity of the American people and downplayed class and social conflict. Boorstin especially praised inventors and entrepreneurs as central to the American success story. Shalom Shotten (Map) (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. No Dust Jacket. 1. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, blue endpapers. In slipcase. Only slight shelf-wear. FINE. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xvii), 994 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. xii, 210, [2] pages. Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Some underlining and marginal notations. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Discoverers demonstrates the truth behind the aphorism that if Cleopatra's nose had been shorter, the face of the world would have been changed. Boorstin goes on to uncover the elements of accident, improvisation and contradiction at the core of American institutions and beliefs. Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 February 28, 2004) was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Boorstin became a political conservative and a prominent exponent of consensus history. He argued in The Genius of American Politics (1953) that ideology, propaganda, and political theory are foreign to America. His writings were often seen, along with those of historians such as Richard Hofstadter, Louis Hartz and Clinton Rossiter, as belonging to the "consensus school", which emphasized the unity of the American people and downplayed class and social conflict. Derived from a Kirkus review: From historian and former Librarian of Congress Boorstin, 17 sparkling and erudite essays that ``explore some of the surprising novelties and unexpected continuities in our recent past.'' Boorstin is a magnificent anachronism: He still believes in the essential goodness of the American experiment, and as an amateur rather than professional historian, he prefers straightforward narratives on grand themes rather than narrowly focused, footnote-laden quarrels with musty academics. These pieces, all published since 1986 as either keynote addresses or introductions to other writers' books, amply display his gift for arresting anecdotes and his ability to connect different events in compelling new ways. Several of his interests come to the fore here. First is his fascination with discovery and the creative process. He discusses the partnership between ``the search to know'' (discovery) and ``the passion to innovate'' (invention) and our current ``Age of Negative Discovery'' (case in point: James Cook, whose 18th-century Pacific explorations showed that the ``Great Southern Continent'' did not exist). While dazzled by advances in science and technology, Boorstin remains aware of their ephemeral nature, noting that all discovery ultimately reveals new realms of human ignorance. On the positive side, technology has given rise to revered American institutions; mass printing, for instance, paved the way for greater public acceptance of the Constitution. As a social analyst, Boorstin examines the role of conscience in Western literature and in America's current contentious politics. Alexis de Tocqueville and the Marquis de Custine, who wrote respectively of 1830s America and Russia, are his examples of social commentators who use history as a ``cautionary science'' and an avenue into a nation's soul. Finally, he offers a personal tribute to his lawyer father and ``the amateur spirit'' in the arts. Like the curious amateurs he celebrates, Boorstin offers ``a wonderful vagrancy into the unexpected.''. First Trade Edition [stated]. First printing per Random House convention.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 247 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.