American historian Daniel J. Boorstin (born 1914) was a scholar with broad interests, best known as an advocate of a conservative, "consensus" interpretation of American history. He became Librarian o...
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Daniel Joseph Boorstin, leading exponent of the "consensus" view of American history and institutions, was born on 1 October 1914 in Atlanta, Georgia. By the time he was two his father, Samuel Aaron B...
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