The Seekers and Love is Not Because
Author and historian Daniel Boorstin talked about his book, The Seekers: The Story of Man’s Continuing Quest to Understand His World, published by Random House. The book is about people sear…
684 viewsAuthor and historian Daniel Boorstin talked about his book, The Seekers: The Story of Man’s Continuing Quest to Understand His World, published by Random House. The book is about people sear…
684 viewsA party was held to celebrate the posthumous publication of Meg Greenfield’s book Washington, published by PublicAffairs. The book is an inside view of the U.S. federal capital from a journa…
566 viewsMr. Boorstin, historian and author, was honored for serving as Librarian of Congress from 1975 to 1987. A bio-bibliography of his work, Daniel J. Boorstin: A Comprehensive and Selectively An…
748 viewsMr. Daniel Boorstin, author of The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination published by Random House, discussed the research behind his history of major figures in world history who…
2,199 viewsDaniel Boorstin talked about his book The Seekers which was the third in a trilogy. It looked at prophets, philosophers, and social scientists from ancient times to the present.
333 viewsFormer Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin discussed the democratic paradox, the tendency for citizens of a democracy to trust the form of government but to distrust those who govern. He s…
109 viewsThe National Building Museum & American Institute of Architects hosted this recognition of the retiring Architect of the Capitol George White. Mr. White recently turned 75 years old, and is …
74 viewsThe guests discussed events in the news, including health care reform and the change of leadership in North Korea.
106 viewsJournalists and scholars talked about U.S. popular culture in a forum entitled, “Does the Spread of American Popular Culture Advance American Interests?” during a symposium on global pop cul…
801 viewsDaniel Boorstin, former Librarian of Congress and author of The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination, spoke on his research on the book, which examines the lives of authors, scul…
310 viewsMr. McDonnell spoke on man’s advances into space to lead off the 1992 World Space Congress meeting in Washington, DC. The meeting brought together scientists and engineers in the space indus…
148 viewsThe panelists presented their perspectives on the political concerns and issues that accompanied the Apollo project.
125 viewsSpeakers addressed possible economic and political trends for the near future. They answered audience questions.
107 viewsThe Senate Rules Committee heard testimony for allowing the Senate to be televised. This was the first in a series of hearings over the years on televising the Senate.
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