An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization
Number of Pages
316
Edition
First Edition
ISBN-10
0394460774
ISBN-13
9780394460772
SKU
9780394460772
Description
Focusing on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author examines the factors and institutions that have shaped the American character and culture
Centers upon the 17th and 18th century colonies, identifying in their history the formation of a style, temper, and set of habits recognizably ancestral to and determinative of our own.
From the beginning, what has given our culture its distinctive texture, pattern, and thrust, according to Michael Kammen, is the dynamic interaction of the imported and the indigenous. He shows how,...
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