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The Americans, the colonial experience, by Daniel J. Boorstin

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The Americans, the colonial experience, by Daniel J. Boorstin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Americans

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

423504

Responsibility statement

by Daniel J. Boorstin

Sub title

the colonial experience

Summary

Traces the development of America from the earliest settlements through the American Revolution, focusing on the attitudes and forces that formed the American character

Table Of Contents

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

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