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美国人：从殖民到民主的历程
《美国人》（三部曲）是美国著名历史学家、前国会图书馆馆长布尔斯廷最负盛名的代表作，三卷分获班克罗夫特奖、帕克曼奖和普利策奖。
“殖民地历程”卷是写殖民地初辟时代的美国。现代美国各州的格局和特色的形成，美国人大胆探索、不拘一格的性格的来源，清教、贵格会等教派的缘起，《独 立 宣言》的内幕，凡此种种均在本书中有详尽生动的描述。
“建国的历程”卷讲述美国独立后到内战前的历史，披露了许多有趣的史实，如美国如何从法国购买路易斯安那并得到佛罗里达，华盛顿生前死后受到的截然不同的遭遇和评价，1776年独立宣言的真相等。美国如何摆脱殖民地桎梏，冉冉上升为世界舞台新生力量的过程，极富启示性。
“民主的历程”卷叙述的是从美国内战前后到20世纪60年代的历史。现代美国在经济、政治制度和思想文化方面全方位崛起的脉络，在本书中获得了详尽生动的梳理和描述。
“殖民地历程”卷是写殖民地初辟时代的美国。现代美国各州的格局和特色的形成，美国人大胆探索、不拘一格的性格的来源，清教、贵格会等教派的缘起，《独 立 宣言》的内幕，凡此种种均在本书中有详尽生动的描述。
“建国的历程”卷讲述美国独立后到内战前的历史，披露了许多有趣的史实，如美国如何从法国购买路易斯安那并得到佛罗里达，华盛顿生前死后受到的截然不同的遭遇和评价，1776年独立宣言的真相等。美国如何摆脱殖民地桎梏，冉冉上升为世界舞台新生力量的过程，极富启示性。
“民主的历程”卷叙述的是从美国内战前后到20世纪60年代的历史。现代美国在经济、政治制度和思想文化方面全方位崛起的脉络，在本书中获得了详尽生动的梳理和描述。
1712 pages, Hardcover
Published December 1, 2014
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About the author
Daniel J. Boorstin
198 books379 followersDaniel Joseph Boorstin was a historian, professor, attorney, and writer. He was appointed twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1975 until 1987.
He graduated from Tulsa's Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 15. He graduated with highest honors from Harvard, studied at Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and earned his PhD at Yale University. He was a lawyer and a university professor at the University of Chicago for 25 years. He also served as director of the National Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution.
His The Americans The Democratic Experience received the 1974 Pulitzer Prize in history.
Within the discipline of social theory, Boorstin’s 1961 book The Image A Guide to Pseudo-events in America is an early description of aspects of American life that were later termed hyperreality and postmodernity. In The Image, Boorstin describes shifts in American culture—mainly due to advertising—where the reproduction or simulation of an event becomes more important or "real" than the event itself. He goes on to coin the term pseudo-event which describes events or activities that serve little to no purpose other than to be reproduced through advertisements or other forms of publicity. The idea of pseudo-events closely mirrors work later done by Jean Baudrillard and Guy Debord. The work is still often used as a text in American sociology courses.
When President Gerald Ford nominated Boorstin to be Librarian of Congress, the nomination was supported by the Authors League of America but opposed by the American Library Association because Boorstin "was not a library administrator." The Senate confirmed the nomination without debate.
Boorstin died in 2004 in Washington, D.C.
He graduated from Tulsa's Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 15. He graduated with highest honors from Harvard, studied at Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and earned his PhD at Yale University. He was a lawyer and a university professor at the University of Chicago for 25 years. He also served as director of the National Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution.
His The Americans The Democratic Experience received the 1974 Pulitzer Prize in history.
Within the discipline of social theory, Boorstin’s 1961 book The Image A Guide to Pseudo-events in America is an early description of aspects of American life that were later termed hyperreality and postmodernity. In The Image, Boorstin describes shifts in American culture—mainly due to advertising—where the reproduction or simulation of an event becomes more important or "real" than the event itself. He goes on to coin the term pseudo-event which describes events or activities that serve little to no purpose other than to be reproduced through advertisements or other forms of publicity. The idea of pseudo-events closely mirrors work later done by Jean Baudrillard and Guy Debord. The work is still often used as a text in American sociology courses.
When President Gerald Ford nominated Boorstin to be Librarian of Congress, the nomination was supported by the Authors League of America but opposed by the American Library Association because Boorstin "was not a library administrator." The Senate confirmed the nomination without debate.
Boorstin died in 2004 in Washington, D.C.
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