Hidden History : Exploring Our Secret Past

by Ruth Frankel Boorstin, Daniel J. Boorstin (Corporate Author: Daniel J. Boorstin)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Harpercollins (1987-09)
ISBN: 0060390719
EAN: 9780060390716
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 332 pages
Edition: 1St Edition
SKU: 10_235
Condition: New
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In this provocative new collection, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel J. Boorstin explores the essential "hidden history" of the American experience that is overlooked by most historians. In twenty-four essays -- divided into five sections, "The Quest for History," "A By-Product Nation," "The Rhetoric of Democracy," "Unsung Experiments," and "The Momentum of Technology" -- Daniel J. Boorstin examines significant rhythms, patterns, and institutions of everyday American life: from his intimate portraits of such legendary figures as Paul Revere, Abigail Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, to more expansive discussions of historical phenomena, such as the Therapy of Distance and the Law of Survival of the Unread.

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