Major interpretations of the American past.
By: Edited by Richard L. Rapson.
Series: The Literature of history; Goldentree books
Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: United States -- Historiography -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America.; title: Frederick Jackson Turner: The frontier in American history.; title: Charles A. Beard: An economic interpretation of the Constitution.; title: Vernon Parrington: Main currents in American thought.; title: Richard Hofstadter: The American political tradition.; title: David Riesman: The lonely crowd.; title: Walter Prescott Webb: The great frontier.; title: David M. Potter: People of plenty.; title: Louis Hartz: The liberal tradition in America.; title: Daniel Boorstin: The Americans.; title: General perspectives.; title: Barton J. Bernstein, ed.: Towards a new past.