The Genius of American Politics (Walgreen Foundation Lectures) - Softcover

Boorstin, Daniel J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226064913 ISBN 13: 9780226064918

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1958

Synopsis

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 thought and explains, after a close look at the American past, why we have not produced and are not likely to produce grand political theories or successful propaganda. He also suggests what our attitudes must be toward ourselves and other countries if we are to preserve our institutions and help others to improve theirs.

". . . a fresh and, on the whole, valid interpretation of American political life."—Reinhold Niebuhr, New Leader

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel J. Boorstin, the former Librarian of Congress, is the author ofThe Lost World of Thomas Jefferson and is the editor of An American Primer and the series,The Chicago History of American Civilization.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1958
• ISBN 10: 0226064913
• ISBN 13: 9780226064918
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210