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by Alan Valentine. 290 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Alan Valentine

Publisher:

   Pantheon

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1956
Subjects:   United States--Civilization
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Preface 7
PART ONE Education by Plan
1 TRIBAL ORIGINS 15
2 INITIATIONS 34
3 THE PURSUIT OF PRAISE 49
4 PURITAN'S PROGRESS 75
5 EXPLORATION 100
6 THE ACADEMIC MIND 121
7 MEN OF SCIENCE 144
PART TWO Education by Accident
8 DOLLAR DIPLOMACY 163
9 THE ORIENTAL MIND 183
10 POLITICAL ECONOMICS 202
11 THE POLITICAL MIND 218
12 THE SOCIAL ANIMAL 239
13 UNITY AND DIVERSITY 259
14 ANGUS EMERITUS 280
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1.
Thunder and Dawn: The Outlook for Western Civilization with Special Reference to the United States
Book by Glenn Frank; The Macmillan Company, 1932
Subjects: Civilization, Social Problems, United States--Civilization
...for Western Civilization with Special...Reference to the United States I could...plight of the United States is an organic...across Western civilization. Its spiritual...Opinion in the United States , Mr. Santayana...prophecy that "Civilization is perhaps...
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Civilization in the United States: An Inquiry by Thirty Americans
Book by Harold E. Stearns; Harcourt Brace and Company, 1922
Subjects: United States--Civilization
...that a volume on civilization in the United States does not include...INDEX 565 CIVILIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES THE CITY A...population of the United States lives in an environment...we begotten a civilization? That is a question...
3.
Traveling Theory: France and the United States
Book by Ieme Van Der Poel, Sophie Bertho, Ton Hoenselaars; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999
Subjects: Culture--Philosophy, France--Intellectual Life--20th Century, France--Relations--United States, United States--Civilization--French Influences, United States--Intellectual Life--20th Century, United States--Relations--France
...Hoenselaars. p. cm. Select bibliography, leme van der Poel : p. ISBN 0-8386-3781-7 (alk. paper) 1. United States-Civilization-French influences. 2. France- Intellectual life-20th century. 3. United States-Intellecaual life-20th century...
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The Diplomatic Relations of the United States with the Barbary Powers, 1776-1816
Book by Arthur Alphonse Ekirch Jr.; University of North Carolina Press, 1931
Subjects: United States--Civilization, United States--History--1815-1861
...the idea of civilization, has been...Civilisation in the United States New York...editions in the United States. At the...defining civilization Guizot noted...advancement of civilization in that country...Notes on the United States 1841...
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The United States of America: A Study of the American Commonwealth, Its Natural Resources, People, Industries, Manufactures, Commerce, and Its Work in Literature, Science, Education, and Self-Government
Book by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler; Appleton, 1894
Subjects: United States, United States--Civilization, United States--Industries
...unsuited for civilization. On this...Isothermals of the United States. Europeans...occupied by the United States. Among the...the uses of civilization, we must...of the old civilization by wide...now the United States and Europe...
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Cross-Cultural Differences in the Academic Motivation of University Students in Malaysia and the United States
Journal article by Meera Komarraju, Steven J. Karau, T. Ramayah; North American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 9, 2007
Subjects: Civilization--Analysis, Civilization--Research, Civilization--Social aspects, College students--Behavior, College students--Psychological aspects, College students--Social aspects, Culture--Analysis, Culture--Research, Culture--Social aspects, Motivation in education--Analysis, Motivation in education--Research, Student motivation--Analysis, Student motivation--Research
...University Students in Malaysia and the United States. by Meera Komarraju...Undergraduate students in the United States (172 students) and Malaysia (208...explaining why students in the United States tend to under-perform relative...
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Scientists in Time of War: World War II, the Cold War, and Science in the United States and France
Journal article by Dominique Pestre; French Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 24, 2006
Subjects: Cultural studies, France--History, France--Political aspects, France--Science and technology policy, Military-industrial complex--History, Military-industrial complex--International aspects, Military-industrial complex--Research, Postwar reconstruction (World War II), Technology and civilization--History, Technology and civilization--International aspects, Technology and civilization--Research, Technology and society--History, Technology and society--International aspects, Technology and society--Research, United States--History, United States--Political aspects, United States--Science and technology policy
...the Cold War, and Science in the United States and France. by Dominique...postwar period in France and the United States--, this essay evokes how scientific...Contrary to what happened in the United States, science was not center stage...
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The Warp and Woof of Science and Technology Studies in the United States
Journal article by Stephen H. Cutcliffe; Education, Vol. 113, 1993
Subjects: Curriculum planning--Analysis, Educational technology--Study and teaching, Science and civilization--Study and teaching
...and technology studies in the United States by Stephen H. Cutcliffe...the current status of STS in the United States. Thus, historians and sociologists...education and programs is the United States. In European community TEMPUS...
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The United States and Indochina: Far from an Aberration
Journal article by Noam Chomsky; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 21, 1989
Subjects: Asia, Asia--Intellectual Life, Asia--Politics And Government
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G. Sherwood Eddy and the Attitudes of Protestants in the United States Toward Global Mission
Journal article by Rick Nutt; Church History, Vol. 66, 1997
Subjects: Church History
...missionaries from the United States around the world. Behind...created a Christian civilization at home, American...specifically focused on the United States and global mission...and activity in the United States over the last two centuries...
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Tilting on the Axis (of Evil): Iran's Puzzling Relationship with the United States-And Itself
Magazine article by Noy Thrupkaew; The American Prospect, Vol. 14, February 2003
Subjects: Civilization, Western--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Civilization, Western--Influence, International relations--Social aspects, Iran--Social aspects, Islam and politics--Evaluation, Khamenei, Ali, Ayatollah--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Khatami, Mohammed--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Popular music--Social aspects, United States--Foreign relations
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Misfit America: Many of the Values and Cultural Attributes That Once Made the United States Unique Have Eroded; Those That Remain Look Increasingly Ugly to Some Foreigners. Is Our Evolving National Character a Liability in Our Foreign Relations?
Magazine article by Paul Starobin; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 297, January 2006
Subjects: American national characteristics--Evaluation, American national characteristics--Forecasts and trends, American national characteristics--Public opinion, Civilization--Evaluation, Civilization--International aspects, Civilization--Public opinion, Culture--Evaluation, Culture--International aspects, Culture--Public opinion, National characteristics, American--Evaluation, National characteristics, American--Forecasts and trends, National characteristics, American--Public opinion
...Attributes That Once Made the United States Unique Have Eroded; Those That...in Tokyo. As for the things the United States did invent, such as the melting...countries as comparable to the United States in political freedom. If American...
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A Culture of Performance: A Century Ago, the United States Confidently Predicted the Arrival of Its Answer to Beethoven or Wagner. Now, Abandoned to a Brutal Market Place, American Classical Music Is in Crisis
Magazine article by Joseph Horowitz; New Statesman, Vol. 134, May 16, 2005
Subjects: Civilization--Evaluation, Culture--Evaluation, Politics and culture--Influence, Politics--Influence, Presidential elections--Influence, Presidents--Elections, Presidents--Influence
A Culture of Performance: A Century Ago, the United States Confidently Predicted the Arrival of Its Answer to Beethoven or Wagner. Now, Abandoned to a Brutal Market Place, American Classical...
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American Connection: In the First of an Occasional Series, Kenneth Powell Talks to a Group of Leading Architects about the State of Practice in Their Home Country and Further Afield. the Series, in Association with Keim Paints, Begins with the United States
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...of Practice in Their Home Country and Further Afield. the Series, in Association with Keim Paints, Begins with the United States. by Kenneth Powell The revenge of the American colonists ... an invasion more of vandals than of Goths was...
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The Empire of Freedom: Where the United States Belongs: The Anglosphere
Magazine article by Ramesh Ponnuru; National Review, Vol. 55, March 24, 2003
Subjects: English speaking countries--International relations, English speaking countries--Political aspects
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RP and the United States: An Enduring Alliance
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 8, 2005
Subjects: Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal-, United Nations. Security Council
...dialogue among nations and civilizations. Greater exchanges...work alongside the United States in this effort, which...defense of freedom and of civilization itself. Yet we will...the assistance of the United States. It can do more if...
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A New Pakistan? Perplexing Problem for the United States
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 2, 2008
Subjects: Al-Qaeda
...country committed to genuine integration into Western civilization. On the other end of the land of lunacy lies Pakistan...rejects Mr. Musharrafs strategic alliance with the United States vis-a-vis Afghanistan. It will cut a deal with the...
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Jihadist Threat
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 14, 2007
Subjects: United States. Department of Justice
...and a threat to the United States, a Pentagon Joint Staff...destroying the Western civilization from within, and sabotaging...that effort in the United States. Retired Vice Adm...against terrorists in the United States unless there is a foreign...
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At a Crossroad; Reform Immigration Policy
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 16, 2008
Subjects: Emigration and immigration, Emigration and immigration law, Immigration law, Immigration policy, United States economic conditions
...amnesty would be granted for people illegally in the United States. All three promises were broken. The government has...and the average American is on the issue of American civilization, American history, and English as the official language...
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Into a New Day
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 1, 2007
Subjects: United States. Congress. House
...worlds richest democracies--the US, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, France Canada...our combined global inter-faith, inter-civilization, and inter-cultural dialogue and the...the 21st Century so-called "clashes of civilizations" which, in reality, are clashes of religions...
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United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mint, and the first Bank of the United States as well as assumption of state...tariff, and the second Bank of the United States. The same policies were continued...moneyed interests as the Bank of the United States won the approval of the growing...
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Iowa , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...American lands in the region had been ceded to the United States. Meanwhile, a great rush of frontiersmen came to settle...became the capital. The Iowans quickly built a rural civilization like that of New England, where many of them had lived...
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Phoenix , City, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PHOENIX , city, United States city (1990 pop. 983,403), state...had risen from the ruins of an old civilization. In 1868, pioneers developed what...the fastest-growing cities in the United States. Among the areas many outstanding...
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States' Rights
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...fight over the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States made the central states Pennsylvania, Maryland, and...deal with the complex problems of modern industrial civilization, has led to renewed interest in states rights. In...
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Mexico , Country, North America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...considerably higher than the value of its exports. The United States is by far the largest trade partner, followed by China...the Early Nineteenth Century A number of great civilizations flourished in Mexico long before the arrival of Spanish...
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