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The golden day; a study in American experience and culture / Lewis Mumford.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Civilization.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- United States--Intellectual life.
- Intellectual life.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- United States--Civilization--19th century.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones, 1876-1969 (former owner) (Whitman Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 6 preliminary leaves, 11-283 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, Boni and Liveright, 1926.
- Contents:
- The origins of the American mind
- The romanticism of the pioneer
- The golden day
- The pragmatic acquiescence
- The pillage of the past
- The shadow of the muck-rake
- Envoi.
- Notes:
- "This book rounds out the study of American life begun in Sticks and stones."--Note.
- Later ed. has subtitle: A study in American literature and culture.
- Includes references to Whitman on pages 121 and 137 in chapter entitled "High noon."
- Local Notes:
- Dreiser copy has dust-jacket retained.
- Whitman Collection copy has clippings laid in.
- Whitman Collection copy purchased by the Penn Libraries in 1944 from Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990. Golden day.
- OCLC:
- 3765835
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