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    The Americans: The Democratic Experience

    Part of Americans Series

    Author Daniel J. Boorstin
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    Knopf | Vintage
    5.35"W x 7.99"H x 1.65"D  
    On sale Jul 12, 1974 | 736 Pages | 9780394710112
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    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

    "Mr. Boorstin tells the story of the invention of a new democratic culture and the reorientation of the national character through countless little revolutions in economy, technology, and social rearrangements...Illuminated by reflections that are original, judicious and sagacious."--Henry Steele Commager

    "A superb panorama of life in America from the first settlements on through the white-hot days of the Revolution.... An amazingly stimulating and brilliant study of America's past in which its present may be recognized and its future envisioned."--Saturday Review

    Also available from Vintage: Americans: The Colonial Experience and Americans: The National Experience.
    Daniel J. Boorstin was the author of The Americans, a trilogy (The Colonial Experience, The National Experience, and The Democratic Experience) that won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1989, he received the National Book Award for lifetime contribution to literature. He was the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and for twelve years served as the Librarian of Congress. He died in 2004. View titles by Daniel J. Boorstin
    • WINNER | 1974
      Pulitzer Prize
    "Mr. Boorstin tells the story of the invention of a new democratic culture and the reorientation of the national character through countless little revolutions in economy, technology, and social rearrangements ... Illuminated by reflections that are original, judicious and sagacious..." -- Henry Steele Commager

    "A huge, fascinating omnibus of a book ... an exhilarating adventure that carries us along the highways and byways of a national history like no other."

    -- John K. Hutchens Book-of-the-Month-Club News

    "I have learned a great deal about the USA from Professor Boorstin's new book. He knows this country of ours as few historians know it ... I read his book with delight and gratitude."

    -- Saul Bellow

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    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

    "Mr. Boorstin tells the story of the invention of a new democratic culture and the reorientation of the national character through countless little revolutions in economy, technology, and social rearrangements...Illuminated by reflections that are original, judicious and sagacious."--Henry Steele Commager

    "A superb panorama of life in America from the first settlements on through the white-hot days of the Revolution.... An amazingly stimulating and brilliant study of America's past in which its present may be recognized and its future envisioned."--Saturday Review

    Also available from Vintage: Americans: The Colonial Experience and Americans: The National Experience.

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    Daniel J. Boorstin was the author of The Americans, a trilogy (The Colonial Experience, The National Experience, and The Democratic Experience) that won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1989, he received the National Book Award for lifetime contribution to literature. He was the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and for twelve years served as the Librarian of Congress. He died in 2004. View titles by Daniel J. Boorstin

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    • WINNER | 1974
      Pulitzer Prize

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    "Mr. Boorstin tells the story of the invention of a new democratic culture and the reorientation of the national character through countless little revolutions in economy, technology, and social rearrangements ... Illuminated by reflections that are original, judicious and sagacious..." -- Henry Steele Commager

    "A huge, fascinating omnibus of a book ... an exhilarating adventure that carries us along the highways and byways of a national history like no other."

    -- John K. Hutchens Book-of-the-Month-Club News

    "I have learned a great deal about the USA from Professor Boorstin's new book. He knows this country of ours as few historians know it ... I read his book with delight and gratitude."

    -- Saul Bellow

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