Buy 3, pay for 2 — use code TRIPLEUS at checkout.
Daniel J. Boorstin
AuthorBooks · Second hand1914-2004
Daniel Joseph Boorstin was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.
146
Titles
12
Featured books
5
Curiosities
About Daniel J. Boorstin
Birth
1914
Death
2004
First book
1941
Years writing
85
Daniel Joseph Boorstin was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.
Daniel J. Boorstin was a polymath who excelled as a historian, attorney, sociologist, and philosopher.
He served as the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1975 to 1987.
His most iconic work is the trilogy The Americans, a fundamental reference on the history of his country.
Throughout his prolific career, he wrote a total of 146 works exploring science and civilization.
Born in Atlanta in 1914, he dedicated his life to analyzing national characteristics and the evolution of American society.
