The Americans: The Democratic Experience

by Daniel J. Boorstin

Overview

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A study of the last 100 years of American history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780394710112
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/12/1974
Series:	Americans Series , #3
Pages:	736
Sales rank:	1,100,840
Product dimensions:	5.35(w) x 7.99(h) x 1.65(d)

About the Author

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 to literature. He was the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and for twelve years served as the Librarian of Congress. He died in 2004.

Editorial Reviews

"Mr. Boorstin tells the story of the invention of a new democratic culture and the reorientation of the national character through countless little revolutions in economy, technology, and social rearrangements ... Illuminated by reflections that are original, judicious and sagacious..." — Henry Steele Commager

"A huge, fascinating omnibus of a book ... an exhilarating adventure that carries us along the highways and byways of a national history like no other."

— John K. Hutchens Book-of-the-Month-Club News

"I have learned a great deal about the USA from Professor Boorstin's new book. He knows this country of ours as few historians know it ... I read his book with delight and gratitude."

— Saul Bellow

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