Hidden History : Exploring Out Secret Past

Daniel J. Boorstin; Ruth F. Boorstin (ed)

ISBN 10: 0679722238 / ISBN 13: 9780679722236

Published by Vintage, New York, 1989

About this Item

Vintage, May 1989. Trade Paperback. Later printing. Near Fine. Interior lightly tanned, but unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Scuff to front cover, otherwise Fine. xviii + 332 pages.

Seller Inventory # RWARE0000000482

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hidden History : Exploring Out Secret Past
• Publisher: Vintage, New York
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679722238
• ISBN 13: 9780679722236
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

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."