The Americans. [1], The colonial experience

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Autor principal: Boorstin, Daniel Joseph, 1914-2004
Formato: Livre papier
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: New York : Vintage books, a division of Random House C 1958.
Colección:A Caravelle edition 513
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Variante du titre:The colonial experience
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100 1 |a Boorstin, Daniel Joseph,  |d 1914-2004. 
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245 1 0 |a The Americans.  |n [1],  |p The colonial experience   |c by Daniel J. Boorstin. 
260 |a New York :  |b Vintage books, a division of Random House. 
260 |c C 1958. 
300 |a 1 vol. (434 p.) ;  |c 21 cm. 
490 0 |a A Caravelle edition  |v 513 
504 |a Bibliogr. p. 375-421. Index 
505 0 |a Book One: The Vision and the Reality. -- Part I, A City Upon a Hill: The Puritans of Massachusetts Bay. -- 1- How Orthodoxy Made the Puritans Practical. -- 2- The Sermon as an American Institution. -- 3-Search for a New England Way. -- 4- Puritan Conservatism. -- 5- How Puritans Resisted the Temptation of Utopia. -- Part II, The Inward Plantation: The Quakers of Pennsylvania. -- 6- The Quest for Martyrdom. -- 7- Trials of Governing: The Oath. -- 8- Trials of Governing: Pacifism. -- 9- How Quakers Misjudged the Indians. -- 10- The Withdrawal. -- 11- The Curse of Perfectionism. -- Part III, Victims of Philanthropy: The Settlers of Georgia. -- 12- The Altruism of an Unheroic Age. -- 13- London Blueprint for Georgia Utopia. -- 14- A Charity Colony. -- Death of a Welfare Project. -- 15- The Perils of Altruism. -- Part IV, Transplanters: The Virginians. -- 17- English Gentlemen, American Style. -- 18- From Country Squire to Planter Capitalist. -- 19- Government by Gentry. -- 20- A Republic of Neighbors. -- 21- "Practical Godliness": An Episcopal Church Without Bishops. -- 22- "Practical Godliness": Toleration Without a Theory. -- 23- Citizens of Virginia. -- Book Twoo: Viewpoints and Institutions. -- Part V, An American Frame of Mind. -- 24- Wanted: A Philosophy of the Unexpected. -- 25- The Appeal to Self-Evidence. -- 26- Knowledge Comes Naturally. -- 27- The Natural-History Emphasis. -- Part VI, Educating the Community. -- 28- The Community Enters the University. -- 29- Higher Education in Place of Higher Learning. -- 30- The Ideal of the Undifferentiated Man. -- Part VII, The Learned Lose Their Monopolies. -- 31- The Fluidity of Professions. -- 32- The Unspecialized Lawyer. -- 33- The Fusion of Law and Politics. -- Part VIII, New World Medicine. -- 34- Nature-Healing and Simple Remedies. -- 35- Focus on the Community. -- 36- The General Practitioner. -- 37- Learning from Experience. -- Part IX- The Limits of American Science. -- 38- Popular Science: Astronomy for Everybody. -- 39- Naïve Insights and Ingenious Devices: Electricity. -- 40- Backwoods Farming. -- Book Three: Language and the Printed Word. -- Part X, The New Uniformity. -- 41- An American Accent. -- 42- Quest for a Standard. -- 43- Culture by the Book: The Spelling Fetish. -- Part XI, Culture Without a Capital. -- 44- "Rays Diverging from a Focus". -- 45- Boston's "Devout and Useful Books". -- 46- Manuals for Plantation Living. -- 47- The Way of the Marketplace: Philadelphia. -- 48- Poetry Without Poets. -- Part 12, A Conservative Press. -- 49- The Decline of the Book. -- 50- The Rise of the Newpaper. -- 51- Why Colonial Printed Matter Was Conservative. -- 52- "The Public Printer". -- Book Four : Warfare and Diplomacy. -- Part XIII, A Nation of Minute Men. -- 53- Defensive War and Naïve Diplomacy. -- 54- Colonel Militia and the Myth of Preparedness. -- 55- Home Rule and Colonial "Isolationism". -- 56-The Unprofessional Soldier. 
650 |a Caractère national américain 
650 |a Civilisation  |z États-Unis 
651 |a États-Unis  |y 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) 
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