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American civilization;, a portrait from the twentieth century., Texts by William H. Goetzmann [and others] Edited by Daniel J. Boorstin

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American civilization;, a portrait from the twentieth century., Texts by William H. Goetzmann [and others] Edited by Daniel J. Boorstin

Language

eng

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American civilization;

Oclc number

495048

Responsibility statement

Texts by William H. Goetzmann [and others] Edited by Daniel J. Boorstin

Sub title

a portrait from the twentieth century.

Table Of 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

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