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ISBN: 9780679741800 - The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
Boorstin, Daniel J

ISBN10: 0679741801  ISBN13: 9780679741800
Publisher: Vintage Books USA VINTAGE BOOKS
Edition: Vintage Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 1992
First Published In 1962, This Wonderfully Provocative Book Introduced The Notion Of "pseudo-events" -- Events Such As Press Conferences And Presidential Debates, Which Are Manufactured Solely In Order To Be Reported -- And The Contemporary... More

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ISBN: 9780679743750 - The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination
Boorstin, Daniel J

ISBN10: 0679743758  ISBN13: 9780679743750
Publisher: Vintage Books USA VINTAGE BOOKS
Edition: Vintage Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 1993
By piecing the lives of selected individuals into a grand mosaic, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel J. Boorstin explores the development of artistic innovation over 3,000 years. A hugely ambitious chronicle of the arts that Boorstin delivers... More

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ISBN: 9780375704758 - The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World
Boorstin, Daniel J

ISBN10: 0375704752  ISBN13: 9780375704758
Publisher: Vintage Books USA VINTAGE BOOKS
Edition: VINTAGE BOOKS
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Oct 1999
A "New York Times Notable Book of the Year From the author of The Discoverers and The Creators, an incomparable history of man's essential questions: "Who are we?" and "Why are we here?" Daniel J. Boorstin, the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize... More

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ISBN: 9780394543956 - The creators. The creators.
Boorstin, Daniel J (Daniel Joseph)

ISBN10: 0394543955  ISBN13: 9780394543956
Publisher: Random House
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 15 Sep 1992
A Personal Note to the Reader The Riddle of Creation: A Prologue Pt. I Worlds Without Beginning 1 The Dazzled vision of the Hindus 42 The Indifference of Confucius 93 The Silence of the Buddha 594 The Homeric Scriptures of the Greeks 26Pt. More

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ISBN: 9780226298436 - American Judaism American Judaism
Nathan Glazer Boorstin, Daniel J

ISBN10: 0226298434  ISBN13: 9780226298436
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: New ed of 2 Revised ed
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Mar 1988
First published in 1957, Nathan Glazer's classic, historical study of Judaism in America has been described by the "New York Times Book Review" as "a remarkable story . . . told briefly and clearly by an objective historical mind, yet with a fine... More

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ISBN: 9780226158594 - American Folklore American Folklore
Richard Mercer Dorson Boorstin, Daniel J

ISBN10: 0226158594  ISBN13: 9780226158594
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Dec 1959
Here, grounded firmly in American history, is a skilled folklorist's survey of the entire field of America's folklore— from colonization to mass culture. Tracing the forms and content of American folklore, Mr. Dorson reveals the richness... More

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ISBN: 9780226205564 - American Catholicism American Catholicism
John Tracy Ellis Boorstin, Daniel J

ISBN10: 0226205568  ISBN13: 9780226205564
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jun 1969
The Catholic Church remains one of the oldest institutions of Western civilization. It continues to withstand attack from without and defection from within. In his revision of "American Catholicism," Monsignor Ellis has added a new chapter on the... More

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ISBN: 9780226653143 - The Colonial Wars, 1689-1762 The Colonial Wars, 1689-1762
Howard H Peckham Boorstin, Daniel J

ISBN10: 0226653145  ISBN13: 9780226653143
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Apr 1965
A review of the main events in the wars preceding the Revolution in which France, England, and Spain struggled for dominance. Although the colonial wars consisted of almost continuous raids and skirmishes between the English and French colonists... More

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ISBN: 9780226321639 - The Response to Industrialism, 1885-1913 The Response to Industrialism, 1885-1913
Samuel P Hays Boorstin, Daniel J

ISBN10: 0226321630  ISBN13: 9780226321639
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Apr 1996
Editor's Foreword to the Second EditionPreface to the Second EditionIntroduction: The Old and the New1: Industrialism Under Way2: Modernization in Values and Culture3: Urbanization4: The Emerging Organizational Society5: The Reform Impulse6... More

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ISBN: 9780226113500 - The War of 1812 The War of 1812
Harry L Coles Boorstin, Daniel J

ISBN10: 0226113507  ISBN13: 9780226113500
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: New impression
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Aug 1966
This compact history of the war attempts to separate myth from reality. Professor Coles narrates the main operations on both land and sea of the three-year struggle. He examines the conflict from the British (and Canadian) as well as the American... More