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People of paradox : an inquiry concerning the origins of American civilization / Michael Kammen.
LIBRA E162 .K2 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kammen, Michael G.
- Series:
- Cornell paperbacks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Civilization--To 1783.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- National characteristics, American.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 316, xii pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1990.
- Summary:
- From the beginning, what has given our culture its distinctive texture, pattern, and thrust, according to Michael Kammen, is the dynamic interaction of the imported and the indigenous.
- Notes:
- "First publishd by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1972"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-316) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
- ISBN:
- 0801497558
- 9780801497551
- OCLC:
- 21562413
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