The golden day; a study in American experience and culture / Lewis Mumford.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.

Contributor:

• Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones, 1876-1969, former owner.
• Library of Theodore Dreiser (University of Pennsylvania)
• Mrs. Frank Julian Sprague Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
• Walt Whitman Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

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