Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the UnexpectedKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1. jun. 2011 - 224 strani The Pulitzer 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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The Cultures of Pride and Awe | 18 |
Discoverers and Inventors | 31 |
The Writer as Conscience of the World | 41 |
Our ConscienceWracked Nation | 53 |
NEWWORLD OPPORTUNITIES | 61 |
Printing and the Constitution | 63 |
Tocquevilles America | 107 |
Custines Russia 1 13 | 113 |
Darwinian Expectations | 125 |
Statistical Expectations | 141 |
Artificial Selection | 158 |
The Great Separation | 170 |
A PERSONAL POSTSCRIPT | 179 |
My Father Lawyer Sam Boorstin | 181 |
Roles of the Presidents House | 74 |
The Making of a Capitol | 86 |
An UnAmerican Capital | 97 |
THE CAUTIONARY SCIENCE | 105 |
Land of the Unexpected | 191 |
Acknowledgments | 201 |
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