Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 – February 28, 2004) was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American... 30 KB (3,117 words) - 14:25, 26 April 2024 |
Church of Pawhuska), various other churches, companies, the estate of Daniel J. Boorstin, the Frank Phillips Foundation, and the Drummond family. Some of these... 10 KB (1,193 words) - 05:44, 2 March 2024 |
in America is a 1962 book by the political historian Daniel J. Boorstin. In his book, Boorstin argues that Americans have a false "image" of what "news"... 4 KB (383 words) - 17:44, 19 June 2023 |
opinions of the best 100 novels. The board of review consisted of Daniel J. Boorstin, A. S. Byatt, Christopher Cerf, Shelby Foote, Vartan Gregorian, Edmund... 6 KB (479 words) - 04:47, 20 March 2024 |
Americans: The Democratic Experience, a 1973 American history book by Daniel J. Boorstin The Americans (2017), a short story in The Refugees America (disambiguation)... 1 KB (167 words) - 03:42, 31 December 2023 |
Putnam (1899–1939) MacLeish (1939–44) Evans (1945–53) Mumford (1954–74) Boorstin (1975–87) Billington (1987–2015) Mao* (2015–16) Hayden (2016–) │ 1802 │... 19 KB (1,387 words) - 14:15, 7 January 2024 |
List of science communicators (section J) author David Bodanis, author Liz Bonnin, biochemist and TV presenter Daniel J. Boorstin, author and Librarian of Congress Sir David Brewster, Scottish scientist... 16 KB (1,768 words) - 00:16, 20 April 2024 |
Pseudo-events in America (1961), by historian and social theorist Daniel J. Boorstin. In it, he defined the celebrity as "a person who is known for his... 10 KB (1,063 words) - 09:36, 4 February 2024 |
The term "pseudo-event" was coined by the theorist and historian Daniel J. Boorstin in his 1961 book The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America: “The... 18 KB (2,226 words) - 03:25, 17 April 2024 |
US Library of Congress Center for the Book was founded in 1977 by Daniel J. Boorstin, the Librarian of Congress, to promote literacy, libraries, and reading... 10 KB (1,280 words) - 09:31, 9 February 2024 |
unobtainable ideal, or it may lead to a lack of unimpaired role models. Daniel J. Boorstin cautions against confusing celebrity worship with hero worship, "we... 38 KB (4,802 words) - 15:57, 22 March 2024 |
Pearl S. Buck, Quentin Reynolds, MacKinlay Kantor, Shirley Jackson, Daniel J. Boorstin, and many others. A blurb printed on the jacket of later entries in... 18 KB (312 words) - 04:45, 22 September 2023 |
The Discoverers is a non-fiction historical work by Daniel Boorstin, published in 1983, and is the first in the Knowledge Trilogy, which also includes... 10 KB (1,213 words) - 04:13, 2 April 2021 |
of Discovery in American History," in American Civilization, ed. Daniel J. Boorstin. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. Jeal, Tim. Stanley: The Impossible Life... 49 KB (5,390 words) - 10:36, 19 April 2024 |
of American popular historians with academic affiliations include Daniel J. Boorstin, Stephen E. Ambrose, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Pauline Maier. Recent... 7 KB (827 words) - 02:29, 22 April 2024 |
leaf was then hung on the figure using a pair of hooks. Historian Daniel J. Boorstin said that: The age of the rising middle class in Victorian England... 9 KB (945 words) - 07:56, 11 April 2024 |
Sophie Sooäär, Estonian actress and singer (d. 1996) October 1 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004) October... 149 KB (14,614 words) - 17:31, 24 April 2024 |
Oklahoma Secretary of Health and state senator Tom Adelson; historian Daniel J. Boorstin; Oklahoma State Treasurer Robert Butkin; Oklahoma City School Board... 11 KB (506 words) - 07:43, 2 March 2024 |
in 1974, President Gerald Ford appointed historian Daniel J. Boorstin as a librarian. Boorstin's first challenge was to manage the relocation of some... 90 KB (9,469 words) - 17:26, 16 April 2024 |
www.harvard.edu. "Daniel J. Boorstin Papers". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. "Daniel J. Boorstin papers, 1882-1995... 270 KB (7,584 words) - 18:23, 19 March 2024 |
of Jewish Americans. Cyrus Adler Herbert Aptheker Bernard Bailyn Daniel J. Boorstin Norman Cantor Ariel Durant Stanley Elkins Richard Ettinghausen, art... 7 KB (568 words) - 23:37, 18 March 2024 |
cookbook author William Bernhardt, mystery/suspense fiction author Daniel J. Boorstin (1914-2004), historian and writer; former Librarian of Congress Cleora... 27 KB (2,747 words) - 23:18, 17 April 2024 |
Frazier, 1933, journalist Nathan Pusey, 1934, president of Harvard Daniel J. Boorstin, 1934, Rhodes Scholar, historian, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize... 6 KB (615 words) - 16:26, 13 April 2024 |
Internet. Also of interest is the work of American historian and critic Daniel J. Boorstin in his book The Discoverers, in which he provides a historical perspective... 16 KB (2,092 words) - 06:21, 15 April 2024 |