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: Boorstin argues that Americans are essentially a "practical" people who abandoned European abstractions in favor of what worked on the ground.
: Highlights the rise of a landed aristocracy that, unlike Europe's, was tied to the management of large plantations and local governance. Major Arguments The Americans: The Colonial Experience
: Examines the failure of philanthropic and utopian ideals when faced with the harsh realities of frontier life. : Boorstin argues that Americans are essentially a
You can find the full text of the work available for digital lending on the Internet Archive or purchase modern editions from retailers like Amazon or Strand Books . The Americans: The Colonial Experience
The book is divided into four main sections, or "books," each focusing on a different colonial community and their "experience" in the New World:
