The Americans. (Record no. 128995)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781351485944 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781138534254 |
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| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC4980136 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL4980136 |
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| System control number | (CaPaEBR)ebr11426715 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)1001978841 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | E168.M867 2017 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 973.8 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Munsterberg, Hugo. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Americans. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Oxford : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Taylor & Francis Group, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2007. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (430 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Preface -- I. POLITICAL LIFE -- 1. The Spirit of Self-Direction -- 2. Political Parties -- 3. The President -- 4. Congress -- 5. Justice -- 6. City and State -- 7. Public Opinion -- 8. Problems of Population -- 9. Internal Political Problems -- 10. External Political Problems -- II. ECONOMIC LIFE -- 11. The Spirit of Self-Initiative -- 12. The Economic Rise -- 13. The Economic Problems -- The Silver Question -- The Tariff Question -- The Trust Question -- The Labour Question -- III. INTELLECTUAL LIFE -- 14. The Spirit of Self-Perfection -- 15. The Schools and Popular Education -- 16. The Universities -- 17. Science -- 18. Literature -- 19. Art -- 20. Religion -- IV. SOCIAL LIFE -- 21. The Spirit of Self-Assertion -- 22. The Self-Assertion of Women -- 23. Aristocratic Tendencies -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The Americans by Hugo Munsterberg stands alongside Alexis de Tocqueville's American Democracy as one of the great works on the New World written by a scholar deeply familiar with the Old World. When originally published, it gave the German public a sense of American life, and was described as "a book which deals in a detailed way with the political, economic, intellectual, and social aspects of American culture." Munsterberg, a world-renowned psychologist at the turn of the twentieth century, noted that "its purpose is to interpret systematically the democratic ideals of America." The primary aim of The Americans is to study the people and America's inner tendencies. It offers a "philosophy of Americanism," the ideology of a people writ whole. Munsterberg's sense of the "spirit" of a people, rather than facts about the people, is revealed in his four cardinal chapters: Self-Direction, Self-Realization, Self-Perfection, and Self-Assertion. While he covers the economic premises of the free market and the politics of party affairs, he considers these the least important. Instead it is the lasting forces and tendencies of American life, rather than problems of the day, that occupy the author. This focus was shared by German readers, for whom the book was conceived, and for those in the United States who read the book in English. The dynamic of strong basic tendencies of democratic forces and lesser, but significant, aristocratic tendencies underwrites the strains and tensions in American society. It also defines the special nature of a book, written more than one hundred years ago, that retains its lively sense of purpose and deep insight into American life. One could well say that this book is required reading in this day and age for Americans and Europeans alike. This is a neglected masterpiece. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | United States--Description and travel. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Munsterberg, Hugo |
| Title | The Americans |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2007 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781138534254 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4980136">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4980136</a> |
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