The Americans: The Colonial Experience (Häftad)
avDaniel J. Boorstin
ISBN: 9780394705132 - UTGIVEN: 1964-03Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "A superb panorama of life in America from the first settlements on through the white hot days of the Revolution." - Bruce Lancaster, Saturday Review[...]
The Image (Pocket)
avDaniel J. Boorstin
ISBN: 9780679741800 - UTGIVEN: 199209First 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 definition of celebrity as "a person who is known for his we[...]
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Pocket)
avIsabella L. Bird, Daniel J. Boorstin, Isabella L. Bird
ISBN: 9780806113289 - UTGIVEN: 199912In 1872, Isabella Bird, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes 'in search of health' and found she had embarked on a life of adventurous travel. In 1873, wearing Hawaiian riding dress, she rode her horse through the American Wild West, a terrain only newly opened to pioneer settleme[...]
