Americans: National Experience(ISBN=9780394703589)
Daniel J. Boorstin, one of America's great historians, focuseson American ingenuity and emergent nationalism in this middle bookof the Americans trilogy, dealing with a period extending roughlyfrom the Revolution to the Civil War. Like its two companionvolumes, The National Experience is a sometimes quirky look at howcertain patterns of living helped shape the character of the UnitedStates. The book simply overflows with ideas, all of themintroduced in entertaining chapters on subjects such as the NewEngland ice industry and the boomtowns of the Midwest.
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