An American Primer
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1966. Presumed first single volume edition, first printing. Hardcover. Quarto. xvii, [1], 994 pages. One volume edition. No DJ present. Footnotes. Index of Authors, Titles, and Editors. General Index. Index of Words and Phrases. some soiling to fore-edge, some discoloration inside hinges, small tear title page, some wear to board & spine edges. Primary sources on American history, including the petition of the accused witch Mary Easty, Thomas A. Edison on the industrial research laboratory, and Louis H. Sullivan on the skyscraper. Albert J. Beveridge, "the March of the Flag, " 1898, ed. by Ernest R. May (pp. 621-629), treats the Spanish-American War. Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 – February 28, 2004) was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Boorstin became a political conservative and a prominent exponent of consensus history. He argued in The Genius of American Politics (1953) that ideology, propaganda, and political theory are foreign to America. His writings were often seen, along with those of historians such as Richard Hofstadter, Louis Hartz and Clinton Rossiter, as belonging to the "consensus school", which emphasized the unity of the American people and downplayed class and social conflict. Boorstin especially praised inventors and entrepreneurs as central to the American success story. An American Primer is an anthology of key American documents, laws, and writings that illustrate the nation's history and culture. It features 83 selections, from the Mayflower Compact to a 1965 Voting Rights speech, with commentary from prominent historians like Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and Henry Steele Commager, providing context on the American way of life. This features
analysis and commentary from numerous distinguished historians. and covers a wide range of American political, economic, and cultural history. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Colonial America, American Revolution, Civil War, Spanish-Am War, WWII, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Women's Rights, American West
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