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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.
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

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