TY - BOOK AU - Boorstin, Daniel J. TI - The Americans: the national experience U1 - 917.3 PY - 1965///] CY - New York PB - Random House KW - National characteristics, American KW - United States KW - Civilization KW - 1783-1865 N1 - A picture of American life and spirit as it developed from national independence and unity to sectional division in the years between the R evolution and the Civil War; Continuation of the author's The Americans: the colonial experience; Includes bibliographical references ( p. 433-495.) ER -