Major interpretations of the American past / edited by Richard L. Rapson

Author:: Rapson, Richard L.
Published:: New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, [1971].
Physical Description:: xii, 241 p. ; 21 cm.

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Series:

Literature of history and Goldentree books

Contents:

Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America -- Frederick Jackson Turner: The frontier in American history -- Charles A. Beard: An economic interpretation of the Constitution -- Vernon Parrington: Main currents in American thought -- Richard Hofstadter: The American political tradition -- David Riesman: The lonely crowd -- Walter Prescott Webb: The great frontier -- David M. Potter: People of plenty -- Louis Hartz: The liberal tradition in America -- Daniel Boorstin: The Americans -- General perspectives -- Barton J. Bernstein, ed.: Towards a new past.

Subject(s):

United States—Historiography

ISBN:

0390728470

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

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