The American Pageant
Synopsis
Like its predecessors, this edition of The American Pageant tries to cultivate in its readers the capacity for balanced judgment and informed understanding about American society by holding up to the present the mirror and measuring rod that is the past. The book's goal is not to teach the art of prophecy but the much subtler and more difficult arts of seeing things in context, of understanding the roots and direction and pace of change, and of distinguishing what is truly new under the sun from what is not. The study of history, it has been rightly said, does not make one smart for the next time, but wise forever.
- Copyright:
- 2002 Houghton Mifflin Company
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780618247325
- Publisher:
- Cengage Learning
- Date of Addition:
- 2010-09-09T19:22:11Z
- Language:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.