The Cultural Life of the American Colonies

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LouisB.Wright THE CULTURAL OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES
"The Cultural Life of the American Colonies does a job that no other single book does, and it does it with both authority and wit. Mr. Wright's selection and organization of his material from the broad and complex field he is covering are extremely skillful, and his judgments on the cultural achievements of the colonies, individually and collectively, are fresh, perceptive, and forthright. The derivative elements in our colonial culture are plainly stated without being overstated, and the legacies that twentieth-century Americans inherit from that culture are pointed up, again without exaggeration. Best of all, though the volume is packed with learning, it will be read with pleasure." —lyman h. butterfield
"Fully conscious that the people who came to this land were occupied with the physical tasks of the frontier, Mr. Wright makes no extravagant claims for their civilization, but with sympathy and even-handed justice surveys... Tovább

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LouisB.Wright THE CULTURAL OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES
"The Cultural Life of the American Colonies does a job that no other single book does, and it does it with both authority and wit. Mr. Wright's selection and organization of his material from the broad and complex field he is covering are extremely skillful, and his judgments on the cultural achievements of the colonies, individually and collectively, are fresh, perceptive, and forthright. The derivative elements in our colonial culture are plainly stated without being overstated, and the legacies that twentieth-century Americans inherit from that culture are pointed up, again without exaggeration. Best of all, though the volume is packed with learning, it will be read with pleasure." —lyman h. butterfield
"Fully conscious that the people who came to this land were occupied with the physical tasks of the frontier, Mr. Wright makes no extravagant claims for their civilization, but with sympathy and even-handed justice surveys its accomplishments in trade, architecture, science, journalism." —perry miller
Table of Contents Agrarian Society and Leadership • The Gospel of Work and the Aristocracy of Trade • Non-English Elements and Their Influence • Diversity of Religions • Zeal for Education • Books, Libraries, and Learning • Literary Production: North and South • Drama, Music, and Other Diversions • Architecture and the Decorative Arts Scientific Interest and Observation • The Press and Communications Vissza