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"In the Preface to my "American Traits," in which I defended German ideals and criticised some American tendencies, I said, some years ago: "It has been often questioned whether I am right in fighting merely against American shortcomings from a German point of view, and in trying...

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Main Author: Münsterberg, Hugo, 1863-1916
Other Authors: Holt, Edwin B. (Edwin Bissell), 1873-1946 (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : McClure, Phillips and Company, 1905.
Subjects:
United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918.
United States > Politics and government > 1901-1909.
United States > Economic conditions > 1865-1918.
United States > Intellectual life > 1865-1918.
National characteristics, American.
Economic history.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Political science.
United States.
1865 - 1918
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Summary:"In the Preface to my "American Traits," in which I defended German ideals and criticised some American tendencies, I said, some years ago: "It has been often questioned whether I am right in fighting merely against American shortcomings from a German point of view, and in trying to destroy prejudices on this side of the water; whether it is not, in a still higher degree, my duty to attempt the same for the other side;--for German prejudices concerning the United States are certainly not less severe, and the points in which Germany might learn from American culture not less numerous. The question is fair, and I shall soon put before the German public a book on American life--a book which deals in a detailed way with the political, economic, intellectual, and social aspects of American culture. Its purpose is to interpret systematically the democratic ideals of America." Here is the book; it fulfils the promise, and it might appear that no further explanation is needed. And yet, in sending a book into the world, I have never felt more strongly the need of prefatory excuses--excuses not for writing the book, but for agreeing to its translation into English"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
Item Description:On verso of title page: Published November, 1904. N. Third impression.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 619 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.