num_pages: 368
description: 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 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.
language: English
title: Hidden History: Exploring Our Secret Past
titlecomplete: Hidden History: Exploring Our Secret Past
genres: Biography, Essays, History, American History, American, Nonfiction, Literature, United States
ratings_count: 133
publisher: Vintage