Workshop of Democracy V 2: The Amer Experiment

James MacGregor Burns. Vintage Books USA, $25 (670pp) ISBN 978-0-394-74320-2

This second volume of Burns's American Experiment series covers the nation's postCivil War development and turn-of-the-century growth as a significant power on the world stage. PW found that the author ""delineates the political, economic, cultural and even spiritual forces underlying the American drive to realize `liberty.' ''(November)

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