Daniel J. Boorstin, one of America's great historians, focuses on American ingenuity and emergent nationalism in this middle book of the Americans trilogy, dealing with a period extending roughly from the Revolution to the Civil War. Like its two companion volumes, The National Experience is a sometimes quirky look at how certain patterns of living helped shape the character of the United States. In his second volume of The Americans, Boorstin explores the unique character of the United States. Our nation is rather unlike those of Europe, despite most Americans being ethnically European, and a large part of this is due to the newness of the nation/5. 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 Cited by:
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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 Parkman Prize. In his second volume of The Americans, Boorstin explores the unique character of the United States. Our nation is rather unlike those of Europe, despite most Americans being ethnically European, and a large part of this is due to the newness of the nation. The Americans 3 volume set: The Colonial Experience, The National Experience, the Democratic Experience Hardcover – January 1, by Daniel J. Boorstin (Author) out of 5 stars 2 ratings.
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