The three-volume work of the American historian and publicist Daniel Boorstin "The Americans" (with the corresponding subtitles - "Colonial Experience", "National Experience" and "Democratic Experience") is a classic study of the history of the formation of American civilization - from the time of the landing of the first European settlers and until the middle of the 20th century. In the author's words, this is a picture of what "American civilization has done to Americans and for Americans." Along with the story about the formation of the American nation, national character, language, culture and statehood, D. Burstin’s work contains a lot of little-known information about the creation of American national wealth, the emergence of mass production of publicly available goods, means of transport, etc. CONTENTS: Unknown shore. Translation by N. PaltsevBook one. INSIGHT AND REALITYPart one. City on the Hill. Puritans of Massachusetts Bay. Translation by N. Paltsev1. How Orthodoxy Made the Puritans Practical2. Preaching as an institution of American life3. Finding the New England Way4. Puritan conservatism5. How the Puritans managed to avoid the temptation of UtopiaPart two. Plantations of the spirit. Quakers of Pennsylvania. Translation by N. Paltsev6. In search of the crown of thorns7. Tests of power: oath8. Tests of power: pacifism9. How the Quakers Miscalculated the Indians10. Leaving power11. The Curse of PerfectionismPart Three. Victims of philanthropy. Settlers of Georgia. Translation by N. Paltsev12. Altruism of the non-heroic era13. London Georgia Utopia Project14. Charity colony15. The demise of the universal colony prosperity16. The dangers of altruismPart four. Founders of traditions. Virginians. Translation by N. Paltse va17. English gentlemen in American style18. From the village squire to the capitalist planter19. Government of the gentry20. Republic of neighbors21. "Practical Piety": The Episcopal Church without Bishops22. “Practical piety”: religious tolerance without theory23. Citizens of VirginiaBook two. VIEWS AND ORDERS (181).Part five. The framework of American thinking. Translation by E.Potyarkin (182).24. Required: philosophy of the unexpected (182).25. Appeal to the self-evident (185).26. Knowledge comes naturally (192).27. Natural science priorities (198).Part six. Education and society. Translation by G. Drozhzhina (204).28. Society goes to universities (204).29. Higher education instead high learning (213).30. The ideal of a whole person (221).Part seven. The enlightened are giving up their monopoly. Translation by E.Potyarkin (226).31. Blurring the lines between professions (226).32. Lawyer without narrow specialization (231).33. Merging Law and Politics (240).Part Eight. Medicine in the New World. Translation by N. Bubnova (245).34. Natural healing and simple natural remedies (245).35. Focus on community (257).36. Practitioner (267).37. Learning from Experience (273).Part Nine. The limits of American science. Translation by G. Drozhzhina (282).38. Science to the people: astronomy for everyone (282).39. Naive Insight and Artful Devices: Electricity (292).40. Agriculture of the outback (301). Book three. LANGUAGE AND THE PRINTED WORD (309).Part ten. New uniformity. Translation G. Drozhzhina (310).41. American pronunciation (310).42. In search of a standard (317).43. Culture by books: the fetishization of spelling (325). Part eleven. Culture without a capital. Translation by S. Korsunsky (333).44. “Rays emanating from the center” (333).45. Boston "Religious and Healthy Books" (337).46. Books on housekeeping and home economics for those living on plantations (343).47. Market Path: Philadelphia (348).48. Poetry without poets (356). Part twelve. Conservative press. Translation by S. Korsunsky (360).49. The Decline of the Book (360).50. The Rise of the Newspaper (366).51. Why colonial printed matter was conservative (371).52. “The Public Printer” (379). Book four. WAR AND DIPLOMACY (385).Part thirteen. Minuteman Nation. Translation by I. Basileva (386).53. Defensive war and naive diplomacy (386).54. Colonial Militia and the Legend of Preparedness (394).55. Local government and colonial “isolationism” (400).56. Unprofessional Soldier (406). Daniel Boorstin and American History. V. Shestakov (418). Comments. V. Oleinik (424).Index of names (471).