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America in perspective: the United States through foreign eyes
Henry Steele Commager-
Frontmatter
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Introduction (HENRY STEELE COMMAGER)
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1. What is an American? (MICHEL-GUILLAUME JEAN DE CRÈVECOEUR, page 25)
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2. Why the Americans Are a Happy People (JACQUES PIERRE BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, page 39)
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3. The Material Well-Being of the Americans (WILLIAM COBBETT, page 42)
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4. "Ten Years in America Are Like a Century Elsewhere" (FRANCIS LIEBER, page 50)
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5. The Pervasive Influence of Democracy (ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, page 54)
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6. Eccentricity and Originality in the American Character (HARRIET MARTINEAU, page 82)
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7. The American Idiom and American Prudery (FREDERICK MARRYAT, page 87)
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8. Religion and Morality Preside Over Their Councils (FRANCIS J. GRUND, page 91)
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9. It Would Be Well If They Loved the Real Less and the Ideal More (CHARLES DICKENS, page 100)
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10. Every American Is an Apostle of the Democratic Creed (ALEXANDER MACKAY, page 108)
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11. Social Life and Customs of the Frontier (OLE MUNCH RAEDER, page 120)
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12. American Notions of Aristocracy (THOMAS COLLEY GRATTAN, page 125)
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13. The British and American Characters Compared (FRANCIS AND THERESE PULSZKY, page 136)
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14. Over Diversity There Broods a Higher Unity (PHILIP SCHAFF, page 142)
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15. The Practical Genius of the American (ADAM G. DE GUROWSKI, page 148)
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16. Your Constitution Is All Sail and No Anchor (THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, page 159)
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17.God Made America for the Poor (EDWARD DICEY, page 165)
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18. An English Workingman Takes a Dim View of American Women (JAMES D. BURN, page 171)
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19. America Is Not Interesting (MATTHEW ARNOLD, page 178)
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20. The Faults and Strength of American Democracy (JAMES BRYCE, page 187)
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21. High Society at Newport (PAUL BOURGET, page 215)
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22. The American Is an Electric Anglo-Saxon (GEORGE WARRINGTON STEEVENS, page 226)
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23. A Philosopher Explains the American Passion for Money (HUGO MUNSTERBERG, page 232)
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24. Is America a Young or a Dying Nation? (GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON, page 239)
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25. America Combines the Best Traits of Old-World Nations (COUNT VAY DE VAYA, page 243)
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26. The American at Home and in His Club (GEORGE BIRMINGHAM, page 247)
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27. The Sentimentality, Kindness and Innocence of the Americans (WALTER LIONEL GEORGE, page 252)
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28. Americans Are Boys (SALVADOR DE MADARIAGA, page 261)
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29. The Mechanization and Standardization of American Life (RICHARD MÜLLER-FREIENFELS, page 272)
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30. Love in America (RAOUL DE ROUSSY DE SALES, page 280)
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31. A Chinese View of the American Character (NO YONG-PARK (PAO), page 291)
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32. Capitalism Nurtures America in Spiritual Lassitude (ILYA ILF AND EUGENE PETROV, page 297)
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33. The Homeliness and Friendliness of the Americans (JOHN BUCHAN, page 305)
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34. A Cambridge Professor Celebrates the American Public School (DENIS W. BROGAN, page 310)
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35. The American Believes in Tomorrow (VICTOR VINDE, page 321)
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Bibliography (page 334)
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Published: c1947
Publisher: New American Library