Daniel J. Boorstin
Gibbon's masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century a.d. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely considered the greatest work of history ever ... [... more]
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The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader (Modern Library)
 Author: Daniel J. Boorstin Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 973 EAN: 9780679601654 Edition: Modern Library Ed ISBN: 0679601651 Number Of Pages: 908 Publication Date: 1995-11-07 Release Date: 1995-11-07 [... more]
$23.00
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A Writer's Reader
PB/BHighly respected poets, Hall and Emblem have chosen classical and contemporary selections to make this a delightful writer's companion, now in it's ninth edition.B/BIA Writer's Reader/Iis a collection of essays, short stories, and poems organized [... more]
$62.30
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Modern Library ...
Problematic abridgement to remarkable book: This essential read's only drawback is the introduction and perhaps the aim of the abridgement. Gibbon wrote his masterpiece in the 18th century at the time of the American revolution. Clearly influenced by the [... more]
$9.95
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Democracy In America: Volume 1
Amazon.com Review: In 1831 French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville came to the United States to investigate its prison system. America was then a nation of 13 million people populating 24 states, with a largely unsettled territorial claim stretching [... more]
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The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination
Amazon.com Review: Historian Daniel J. Boorstin brings his customary depth and range to this compelling book on Western art, taking on everything from European megaliths (Stonehenge, for example) to Benjamin Franklin's autobiography ("the first [... more]
$30.00
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The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to ...
Amazon.com Review: Renowned historian Daniel J. Boorstin completes the trilogy he began with The Discoverers and The Creators. The first volume covered explorers, scientists, and historians in their quest for raw knowledge, while the second book [... more]
$9.95
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A history of the United States since 1861
Not what I asked: I asked for the Seventh edition and they sent me the Sixth edition, it is a good book, but it is not what I asked for. I compared them both and they are not the same. Author: Daniel J Boorstin Binding: Unknown Binding EAN: 9780133917987 [... more]
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The image: A guide to pseudo-events in America
A Mixed Bag: Some Insight/ Some Grandstanding: Boorstin's tone is that of crotchety old curmudgeon who sees the evil in any technological developments. Ironically, I agree with some of his criticisms, it's the spirit in which they're made that seems to [... more]
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A history of the United States
Nondescript and Poorly Edited: I am currently a first year high school teacher whose school has chosen Boorstin to for U.S. I and II. Boorstin's writing is unbelievably frustrating on so many levels. For advanced level students, the text is woefully [... more]
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A history of the United States since 1861
Not what I asked: I asked for the Seventh edition and they sent me the Sixth edition, it is a good book, but it is not what I asked for. I compared them both and they are not the same. Author: Daniel J Boorstin Binding: Unknown Binding EAN: 9780663379972 [... more]
$35.21
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The Americans, the national experience
Amazon.com Review: 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. [... more]
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