Books by Daniel J Boorstin

An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him.

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Final volume in a trilogy, the first of which is the author's The Americans: the colonial experience, and the second of which is his The Americans: ... More

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The author of "The Discoverers" and "The Creators" once again shows readers that his ability to present challenging ideas, coupled with sharp ... More

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

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A textbook on the history of the United States up to 1991, illustrated with maps, charts, photographs, drawings, and other supplemental information.

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The author introduces the seminal concept of "pseudo-events"--such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are staged solely for ... More

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In this companion volume to his bestseller The Discoverers, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel Boorstin brings to life more than 3,000 years of ... More

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A textbook on the history of the United States up to 1991, illustrated with maps, charts, photographs, drawings, and other supplemental information.

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In thirty stimulating and related essays, an eminent Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Daniel Boorstin, explores the hidden history of America and ... More

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In this classic work by one of America's most distinguished historians, Daniel Boorstin enters into Thomas Jefferson's world of ideas. By analysing ... More

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The 83 most important documents of the American past are presented with commentary by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Henry Steele Commager, and other ... More

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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 ... More

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Although the colonial wars consisted of almost continuous raids and skirmishes between the English and French colonists and their Indian allies and ... More

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In this official book of the U.S. Capitol Bicentennial Celebration--a year-long 15-million-dollar federally funded celebration of the bicentennial- ... More

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It is a saga of Heroes of the Imagination, creators who have brought something new into the arts - Homer, Joyce, Giotto, Picasso, Leonardo, Handel, ... More

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On the 200th anniversary of George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address, one of the most influential but misunderstood expressions of American ... More

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This book is a major contribution to Washington scholarship. Washington Times

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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 ... More

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The obstacles to discovery - the illusions of knowledge -are also part of the story. Boorstin captures the illusions about the past - the earth ... More

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With more than 700,000 copies in print, this highly praisedtext has reached m ore readers than any other serious work of world history. This deluxe ... More

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Thomas Jefferson once proclaimed, "I cannot live without books"--a dramatic statement, proven irrefutably true as books informed and guided Jefferson ... More

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This provocative new collection of essays by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Boorstin deals with the challenging themes of discovery and ... More

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