Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected - Brossura

Boorstin, Daniel J.

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ISBN 10: 0679755187 ISBN 13: 9780679755180

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1995

Riassunto

A collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Discoverers explores the themes of discovery, paradox, and surprise in history, from ancient times to the technologically advanced world of the present. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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L'autore

Daniel J. Boorstin was the author of The Americans, a trilogy (The Colonial Experience, The National Experience, and The Democratic Experience) that won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1989, he received the National Book Award for lifetime contribution to literature. He was the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and for twelve years served as the Librarian of Congress. He died in 2004.

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Prize-winning author of The Discoverers demonstrates the truth behind the aphorism that if Cleopatra's nose had been shorter, the face of the world would have been changed. Boorstin goes on to uncover the elements of accident, improvisation and contradiction at the core of American institutions and beliefs.

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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679755187
• ISBN 13: 9780679755180
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224