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1	The Discoverers more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin The obstacles to discovery - the illusions of knowledge -are also part of the story. Boorstin captures the illusions about the past - the earth before Columbus and Balboa, Magellan and Captain Cook, about the heavens before Copernicus and Galileo, about the human body before Paracelsus and Harvey, plants before Linnaeus, the past before Petrarch, ... see all copies from £5.52! new only from £11.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin In THE CREATORS, historian Boorstin examines the contributions of artists, writers, etc. to western culture. THE CREATORS follows Boorstin's THE DISCOVERERS, and precedes THE SEEKERS. The three volumes form a trilogy. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Americans: The Democratic Experience more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin This Pulitzer Prize-winning final volume of "The Americans" trilogy covers the century following the Civil War (1868-1969). It explores the highways and byways of the American experience, from the Go-Getters who explored new boundaries to the triumph of man landing on the Moon. see all copies from £1.60! new only from £13.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	A History of the United States more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin A textbook on the history of the United States up to 1991, illustrated with maps, charts, photographs, drawings, and other supplemental information. see all copies from £6.21! new only from £40.23!
5	Americans: The Colonial Experience more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin THE AMERICANS: THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE is the first volume in Boorstin's three-volume work THE AMERICANS. see all copies from £4.07! new only from £10.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin In his previous bestsellers, The Discoverers and The Creators, Daniel Boorstin first told brilliantly how we discovered the reality of our world, and then he celebrated man's achievements in the arts. He now turns to the great figures in history who sought meaning and purpose in our existence. Boorstin claims our Western culture has seen three ... see all copies from £5.52! new only from £10.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Americans: The National Experience more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin The nation was beginning not at one time or place, but again an again, under men's very eyes. Americans were forming new communities and reforming old communities all over the world expanse of the western world. see all copies from £1.76! new only from £7.57! \| first editions
8	The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin The author introduces the seminal concept of "pseudo-events"--such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are staged solely for publicity--and redefines celebrity as "a person who is known for his well-knownness". The result is an essential resource that distinguishes the deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £10.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Empire of the Czar more books like this by Marquis De Custine, Daniel J Boorstin (Foreword by), George Frost Kennan (Introduction by) Astolphe de Custine was a French aristocrat whose writings on Russia, based on journeys he made in the 1830s, are valued for their insights into the Russian people and for their anti-czarist sentiments. Others have criticized them as being based on a romanticized view of the world. see all copies from £4.91! new only from £14.21! \| first editions
10	Democracy in America, Vol. 1 more books like this by Alexis de Tocqueville, Phillips Bradley (Editor), Daniel J Boorstin (Introduction by) Alexis de Tocqueville wrote this classic in French after traveling across America. It is divided into two sections: the first, on government; the second, on the American character. It is considered one of the most perceptive and enduring descriptions of America and Americans ever written. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £9.57!
11	The Treasury of the Encyclopaedia Britannica more books like this by Clifton Fadiman (Editor), Daniel J Boorstin (Introduction by) Here are more than two centuries of facts, curiosities, and discoveries from the most distinguished reference work of them all. First appearing in 1768, EB has presented the last word on the knowledge of its time. Now, for the first time, its most compelling articles have been collected in a single volume of unsurpassed eloquence. Drawings and ... see all copies from £5.52! new only from £6.48! \| first editions
12 view cover	An American Primer more books like this by Daniel J. Boorstin The 83 most important documents of the American past are presented with commentary by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Henry Steele Commager, and other distinguished historians. The selections span the spectrum of American history as it was made, and as it was lived. see all copies from £2.10! new only from £45.12! \| first editions
13 view cover	Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin Boorstein uncovers the elements of accident, improvisation, and contradiction at the core of American institutions and beliefs ranging from an analysis of the U.S. capital to an examination of our eternal faith in progress. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £6.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
14	Treasures of the Library of Congress more books like this by Charles A. Goodrum, Edith M. Pavese see all copies from £5.35! new only from £15.41! \| first editions
15 view cover	A Sacred Union of Citizens: George Washington's Farewell Address and the American Character more books like this by Matthew Spalding, Patrick J Garrity, Daniel J Boorstin (Introduction by) see all copies from £5.52! new only from £7.16! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Daniel J. Boorstin see all copies from £1.87! new only from £11.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Genius of American Politics more books like this by Daniel J. Boorstin 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 States. He describes the uniqueness of American ... see all copies from £5.52! new only from £17.11! \| first editions
18 view cover	Delights of Reading more books like this by Otto Bettmann, Daniel J Boorstin (Designer) Literary quotations, from commentators past and present, on the subjects of writing, reading, publishing, and more. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Colonial Wars more books like this by Howard H Peckham, Daniel J Boorstin (Editor) see all copies from £5.52! new only from £16.55! \| first editions
20 view cover	Hidden History: Exploring Our Secret Past more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin In thirty stimulating and related essays, an eminent Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Daniel Boorstin, explores the hidden history of America and the secret pitfalls and virtues of our extraordinary democracy. see all copies from £5.10! new only from £6.81! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Mysterious Science of the Law: An Essay on Blackstone's Commentaries more books like this by Daniel J. Boorstin 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 "Commentaries" became the knowledge that any lawyer ... see all copies from £10.74! new only from £16.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
22	The Landmark History of the American People more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin see all copies from £9.72! signed copies \| first editions
23	Americans Vol 1 more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin see all copies from £2.73! first editions
24	We Americans more books like this by Daniel J Boorstin Collection see all copies from £4.83! new only from £8.32! \| first editions
25 view cover	Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration more books like this by Jay Levenson, Daniel J Boorstin (Introduction by) Columbus planned and carried out his "Enterprise of the Indies" during an age of discovery and creation - a period of astonishing cultural activity not only in Europe but throughout the world. Five hundred years later an exhibition and book celebrate this crucial turning point in civilization by examining the art and history of the principal ... see all copies from £8.14! new only from £41.31! \| first editions

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