Hidden History : Exploring Our Secret Past - Hardcover

Boorstin, Daniel J.; Boorstin, Ruth Frankel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060390719 ISBN 13: 9780060390716

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1987

Synopsis

In thirty interrelated essays, eminent Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explores the hidden history of America and the secret pitfalls and virtues of American democracy

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From the Inside Flap:

In this provocative new collection, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel J. Boorstin explores the essential "hidden history" of the American experience that is overlooked by most historians. In twenty-four essays -- divided into five sections, "The Quest for History," "A By-Product Nation," "The Rhetoric of Democracy," "Unsung Experiments," and "The Momentum of Technology" -- Daniel J. Boorstin examines significant rhythms, patterns, and institutions of everyday American life: from his intimate portraits of such legendary figures as Paul Revere, Abigail Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, to more expansive discussions of historical phenomena, such as the Therapy of Distance and the Law of Survival of the Unread.

From the Back Cover:

"His flair for the vivid anecdote, fresh points of view and understanding of the dramatic relationship of ideas have made him the most readable of our eminent historians." -- Clifton Fadiman

"I have learned a great deal about the USA from Professor Boorstin.... He knows this country of ours as few historians know it."

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0060390719
• ISBN 13: 9780060390716
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332