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050		4	_aE168.M867 2017
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100	1		_aMunsterberg, Hugo.
245	1	4	_aThe Americans.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bTaylor & Francis Group, _c2007.
264		4	_c©2009.
300			_a1 online resource (430 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover 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			_aThe 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			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic 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	_aUnited States--Description and travel.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMunsterberg, Hugo _tThe Americans _dOxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2007 _z9781138534254
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