Hidden History

Hidden History
ISBN-10
0060390719
ISBN-13
9780060390716
Series
Hidden History
Category
History
Pages
332
Language
English
Published
1987
Publisher
HarperCollins
Author
Daniel Joseph Boorstin

Description

In thirty interrelated essays, eminent Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explores the hidden history of America and the secret pitfalls and virtues of American democracy

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