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1	The Discoverers more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist In THE DISCOVERERS, historian Boorstin explores the major scientific and technical inquiries and inventions of the West and how they contributed to mankind. THE DISCOVERERS is the first of a trilogy; it is followed by THE CREATORS and THE SEEKERS. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist In THE CREATORS, historian Boorstin examines the contributions of artists, writers, etc. to western culture. THE CREATORS follows Boorstin's THE DISCOVERERS, and precedes THE SEEKERS. The three volumes form a trilogy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	A History of the United States more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist A textbook on the history of the United States up to 1991, illustrated with maps, charts, photographs, drawings, and other supplemental information. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00!
4	The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist Boorstin's third book in his trilogy tracing the development of the intellect looks at major thinkers and their ideas. Beginning in antiquity, this voluminous survey consists of three chronologically organized sections. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist The author introduces the seminal concept of "pseudo-events"--such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are staged solely for publicity--and redefines celebrity as "a person who is known for his well-knownness". The result is an essential resource that distinguishes the deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.56! \| signed copies \| SVS
6	Americans: The National Experience more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist The nation was beginning not at one time or place, but again an again, under men's very eyes. Americans were forming new communities and reforming old communities all over the world expanse of the western world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.75! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Americans: The Colonial Experience more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist THE AMERICANS: THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE is the first volume in Boorstin's three-volume work THE AMERICANS. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Democracy in America. Vol 1 more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville add to wishlist The Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville wrote this classic in French after traveling across America. It is divided into two sections: the first, on government; the second, on the American character. It is considered one of the most perceptive and enduring descriptions of America and Americans ever written. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.36! \| SVS
9	The Americans: The Democratic Experience more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist This Pulitzer Prize-winning final volume of "The Americans" trilogy covers the century following the Civil War (1868-1969). It explores the highways and byways of the American experience, from the Go-Getters who explored new boundaries to the triumph of man landing on the Moon. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	An American Primer more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin (Editor) add to wishlist The 83 most important documents of the American past are presented with commentary by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Henry Steele Commager, and other distinguished historians. The selections span the spectrum of American history as it was made, and as it was lived. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Hidden History: Exploring Our Secret Past more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist In thirty stimulating and related essays, an eminent Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Daniel Boorstin, explores the hidden history of America and the secret pitfalls and virtues of our extraordinary democracy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Empire of the Czar more books like this by Marquis De Custine, Daniel J Boorstin (Foreword by), George Frost Kennan (Introduction by) add to wishlist Astolphe de Custine was a French aristocrat whose writings on Russia, based on journeys he made in the 1830s, are valued for their insights into the Russian people and for their anti-czarist sentiments. Others have criticized them as being based on a romanticized view of the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.93! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Mysterious Science of the Law: An Essay on Blackstone's Commentaries more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist Referred to as the "bible of American lawyers," Blackstone's "Commentaries" on the Laws of England shaped the principles of law in both England and America when its first volume appeared in 1765. For the next century that law remained what Blackstone made of it. Daniel J. Boorstin examines why "Commentaries" became the knowledge that any lawyer ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Colonial Wars more books like this by Howard H Peckham, Daniel J Boorstin (Editor) add to wishlist Although the colonial wars consisted of almost continuous raids and skirmishes between the English and French colonists and their Indian allies and enemies, they can be separated into four major conflicts, corresponding to four European wars of which they were, in varying degrees, a part: King William's War (1689-97) (War of the League of Augsburg ... see all copies from $2.74! new only from $11.08! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist In this classic work by one of America's most distinguished historians, Daniel Boorstin enters into Thomas Jefferson's world of ideas. By analysing writings of 'the Jeffersonian Circle,' Boorstin explores concepts of God, nature, equality, toleration, education and government in order to illuminate their underlying world view. The Lost World of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16	The Landmark History of the American People more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist see all copies from $14.82!
17 view cover	Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin add to wishlist Boorstein uncovers the elements of accident, improvisation, and contradiction at the core of American institutions and beliefs ranging from an analysis of the U.S. capital to an examination of our eternal faith in progress. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.07! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	The Treasury of the Encyclopaedia Britannica more books like this by Clifton Fadiman (Editor), Daniel J Boorstin (Introduction by) add to wishlist Here are more than two centuries of facts, curiosities, and discoveries from the most distinguished reference work of them all. First appearing in 1768, EB has presented the last word on the knowledge of its time. Now, for the first time, its most compelling articles have been collected in a single volume of unsurpassed eloquence. Drawings and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19	The United States Capitol more books like this by Fred J Maroon, Daniel J Boorstin (Introduction by), Suzy Maroon add to wishlist In 1991, the United States Senate granted Maroon unique access to all public and private areas of the Capitol building, including those in which photography is customarily prohibited. These photographs are the result of 18 months of effort and reveal the majestic interior and exterior of this American landmark building. Publication of this book is ... see all copies from $2.06! new only from $55.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself by Daniel J. Boorstin, Christopher Cazenove (Read by) add to wishlist In THE DISCOVERERS, historian Boorstin explores the major scientific and technical inquiries and inventions of the West and how they contributed to mankind. THE DISCOVERERS is the first of a trilogy; it is followed by THE CREATORS and THE SEEKERS. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.76! \| SVS
21	Treasures of the Library of Congress more books like this by Charles A. Goodrum, Edith M. Pavese add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.24! \| first editions
22 view cover	Delights of Reading more books like this by Otto Bettmann, Daniel J Boorstin (Designer) add to wishlist Literary quotations, from commentators past and present, on the subjects of writing, reading, publishing, and more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23	The landmark history of the American people from Plymouth to Appomattox more books like this by Daniel J. Boorstin, Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress) add to wishlist A history of the American people from Colonial days to the Civil War traces the formulation of attitudes which became the basis of American ideals. see all copies from $14.17! first editions
24	We Americans more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin Collection add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Genius of American Politics more books like this by Daniel J. Boorstin add to wishlist How much of our political tradition can be absorbed and used by other peoples? Daniel Boorstin's answer to this question has been chosen by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for representation in "American Panorama" as one of the 350 books, old and new, most descriptive of life in the United States. He describes the uniqueness of American ... see all copies from $2.25! new only from $18.67! \| first editions \| SVS

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