Democracy and its discontents ; reflections on everyday America / [by] Daniel J. Boorstin.

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"Revision of the William W. Cook lectures on American institutions ... delivered at the University of Michigan ... April 3-7, 1972."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-2004
Corporate Author: Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [1974]
Edition:[First edition].
Subjects:
United States > Civilization > 1945-
Civilization.
United States.
Since 1945
Physical Description:xviii, 136 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Overcommunication : are we talking too much?
  • How opinion went public
  • TV myopia : too much too soon
  • The rhetoric of democracy
  • The prison of the present
  • The new reactionaries
  • The landscape of democracy
  • The exploring spirit
  • Self-liquidating ideals
  • Technology and democracy : getting there is all the fun.