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Daniel J. Boorstin

October 1, 1914 - February 28, 2004

An American historian, professor, attorney, and writer. He was appointed twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1975 until 1987.

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  • Cover of: The Americans.

    First published in 1958 29 editions in 3 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition americansnationa0000boor Cover of edition americansdemocra00boor Cover of edition colonialexperien0000boor Cover of edition americanscolonia00boorrich Cover of edition americansnationa00boor
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  • Cover of: The discoverers

    First published in 1983 21 editions in 11 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition discoverers00boor Cover of edition discoverersboor00boor Cover of edition discoverers00boor
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  • Cover of: The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination

    First published in 1992 16 editions in 7 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition creatorshistoryh00boor
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  • Cover of: The image: or, What happened to the American dream.

    First published in 1961 15 editions in 5 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition imageguidetopseu00boor_1 Cover of edition imageguidetopseu00boor_0 Cover of edition imageguidetopseu00boor Cover of edition imageguidetopseu00boor_516
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  • Cover of: An American primer

    First published in 1966 13 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition americanprimer0000unse
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  • Cover of: The lost world of Thomas Jefferson

    First published in 1948 12 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition lostworldofthoma00boor_0 Cover of edition lostworldofthoma0000boor
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  • Cover of: The Americans, the democratic experience

    First published in 1973 11 editions in 7 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition americansdemocr00boor
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  • Cover of: The genius of American politics

    First published in 1953 10 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A history of the United States

    First published in 1981 9 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition historyofuniteds00boor_0
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  • Cover of: The Americans, the colonial experience.

    First published in 1958 9 editions in 6 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition americanscoloni00boor Cover of edition isbn_5010026015
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  • Cover of: The Americans, the national experience

    First published in 1965 8 editions in 5 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition americansnationa00boor_907
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  • Cover of: Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected

    First published in 1994 8 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The seekers: a history of man's search for meaning

    First published in 1998 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition seekersstoryofma00boor Cover of edition seekersstorymans00boor_571
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  • Cover of: Hidden history

    First published in 1987 7 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition hiddenhistory00boor_0 Cover of edition hiddenhistory0000boor
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  • Cover of: America and the image of Europe: reflections on American thought.

    First published in 1960 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Democracy and its discontents: reflections on everyday America

    First published in 1971 6 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The mysterious science of the law: an essay on Blackstone's Commentaries, showing how Blackstone, employing eighteenth-century ideas of science, religion, history, aesthetics, and philosophy, made of the law at once a conservative and a mysterious science

    First published in 1941 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition mysteriousscienc0000boor_p7g8
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  • Cover of: A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (The Western Frontier Library, 14)

    First published in 1960 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The republic of technology: reflections on our future community

    First published in 1978 5 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The decline of radicalism: reflections on America today

    First published in 1969 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition declineofradical00boor Cover of edition declineofradical0000boor_z5b8
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Subjects
History, Civilization, American National characteristics, Discoveries in geography, Science, Library of Congress, National characteristics, American, Books and reading, Civilisation, United States, Civilization, history, Histoire, Law, Economic conditions, Popular culture, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Correspondence, Faculty, Historiography, Intellectual life, Japan-United States Friendship Commission, Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Museum of History and Technology, National characteristics, american
Places
United States, EE. UU, Great Britain, USA, États-Unis, America, California, Delaware, Foreign countries, Nevada, Portugal
People
Abe Fortas, Arthur M. Schlesinger (1917-2007), Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (1912-1989), C. Vann Woodward (1908-1999), Daniel P. Moynihan (1927-2003), David Riesman (1909-2002), Dumas Malone (1892-1986), Edmund Morris, Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), F. O. Matthiessen (1902-1950), Helen Hayes (1900-1993), Henry Kissinger (1923-), Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998), Herman Wouk (1915-), Howard H. Baker (1925-), Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978), Jacques Barzun (1907-), John Hope Franklin (1915-2009), Lewis F. Powell (1907-1998), Louis L'Amour (1908-1988), Marcus Cunliffe, Maurice English, Peter C. Marzio, Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970), Ronald Reagan
Time
1783-1865, 1945-, 20th century, To 1783, 1865-, 1788-1865, 1860-1960, 1865-1918, 18th century, 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Jusqu'à 1783, Period of discoveries,1385-1580

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  • Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph) Boorstin
  • Daniel Boorstin
  • Daniel Joseph Boorstin

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