Full name: People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization

Author: Michael Kammen Year: 1972 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Award winners, History Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780801497551 9780394460772 0801497558 0394460774

From the beginning, what has given our culture its distinctive texture, pattern, and thrust, according to Michael Kammen, is the dynamic interaction of the imported and the indigenous. Similar books: The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan All Hell Let Loose by Max Hastings 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof by J. A. Rogers Dreamers and Deceivers by Glenn Beck Twenty Million Tons Under the Sea by Daniel V. Gallery History by Adam Hart-Davis Astoria by Peter Stark Nature's Metropolis by William Cronon The Gold Hunters by J. D. Borthwick The Search for Modern China by Jonathan D. Spence Inside the Victorian Home by Judith Flanders Congo by David Van Reybrouck The Structures of Everyday Life by Fernand Braudel Troublemakers by Leslie Berlin The Rich Don't Always Win by Sam Pizzigati Bird Woman by J. W. Schultz Champion Hill by Timothy B. Smith The Weight of Vengeance by Troy Bickham Where the Sea Breaks Its Back by Corey Ford That Every Man Be Armed by Stephen P. Halbrook