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19 produkter
Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Av Isabella L. Bird, Daniel J. Boorstin
Häftad, 1975
142 kr
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In 1872, Isabella Bird, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes 'in search of health' and found she had embarked on a life of adventurous travel. In 1873, wearing Hawaiian riding dress, she rode her horse through the American Wild West, a terrain only newly opened to pioneer …
The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
Häftad, 1992
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
234 kr
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Genius of American Politics
Häftad, 1958
298 kr
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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 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 …
Lost World of Thomas Jefferson
Häftad, 1993
280 kr
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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 writings of 'the Jeffersonian Circle,' Boorstin explores concepts of God, nature, equality, toleration, education and government in order to illuminate …
Mysterious Science of the Law
An Essay on Blackstone's Commentaries
Häftad, 1996
342 kr
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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 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 …
Americans: The National Experience
E-bok, 2010
96 kr
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Explores problems of community and the search for a national identity. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Americans: The Colonial Experience
E-bok, 2010
79 kr
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Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "A superb panorama of life in America from the first settlements on through the white hot days of the Revolution." - Bruce Lancaster, Saturday Review
Americans: The Democratic Experience
E-bok, 2010
236 kr
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A study of the last 100 years of American history. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Cleopatra's Nose
Essays on the Unexpected
E-bok, 2011
111 kr
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Discoverers demonstrates the truth behind the aphorism that if Cleopatra''s nose had been shorter, the face of the world would have been changed. Boorstin goes on to uncover the elements of accident, improvisation and contradiction at the core of American …
Discoverers
E-bok, 2011
203 kr
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An original history of man''s greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Creators
A History of Heroes of the Imagination
E-bok, 2012
113 kr
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By piecing the lives of selected individuals into a grand mosaic, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel J. Boorstin explores the development of artistic innovation over 3,000 years. A hugely ambitious chronicle of the arts that Boorstin delivers with the scope that made his Discoverers a national …
Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
E-bok, 2012
198 kr
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First published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of “pseudo-events”—events such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are manufactured solely in order to be reported—and the contemporary definition of celebrity as “a person who is known for his …
The Americans: The National Experience
Häftad, 1967
207 kr
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This second volume in "The Americans" trilogy deals with the crucial period of American history from the Revolution to the Civil War. Here we meet the people who shaped, and were shaped by, the American experience—the versatile New Englanders, the Transients and the Boosters. Winner of the Francis …
Seekers
The Story of Man''s Continuing Quest to Understand His World
E-bok, 1998
97 kr
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Throughout history, from the time of Socrates to our own modern age, the human race has sought the answers to fundamental questions of life: Who are we? Why are we here? In his previous national bestsellers, The Discoverers and The Creators , Daniel J. Boorstin first told brilliantly how e …
Image, 50th Anniversary Edition
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
Ljudbok, 2018
337 kr
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First published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of “pseudo-events”—events such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are manufactured solely in order to be reported—and the contemporary definition of celebrity as “a person who is known for his …
