Dr. Daniel J. Boorstin 1914- holds many honorable positions and has received numerous awards for his notable work. He is one of America"s most eminent historians, the author of more than fifteen books and numerous articles on the history of the United States, as well as a creator of a television show. His editor-wife, Ruth Frankel Boorstin, a Wellesley graduate, has been his close collaborator. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Oklahoma, he received his undergraduate degree with highest honors from Harvard and his doctor"s degree from Yale. He has spent a great deal of his life abroad, first...
The very idea of progress is displaced by the rate of growth. According to Dr. Boorstin, all of that adds up to the Democratic Experience. This book aims at a balanced assessment of the price and the promise of what American civilization has done with and for and to Americans.

The book"s anecdotal style makes it a great reading experience. However, Boorstin omits many happenings that had a great impact on American culture, such as the labor movement and the Vietnam War. Boorstin may "dislike important events"Mohs,1973. However, those two events are too important for any historian to ignore.