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What I Saw In America
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Author : Gilbert Keith Chesterton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
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Author : G. K. Chesterton
language : en
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-03-13
What I Saw In America written by G. K. Chesterton and has been published by BoD - Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-13 with Fiction categories.
" I have never managed to lose my old conviction that travel narrows the mind. At least a man must make a double effort of moral humility and imaginative energy to prevent it from narrowing his mind. Indeed there is something touching and even tragic about the thought of the thoughtless tourist, who might have stayed at home loving Laplanders, embracing Chinamen, and clasping Patagonians to his heart in Hampstead or Surbiton, but for his blind and suicidal impulse to go and see what they looked like. This is not meant for nonsense; still less is it meant for the silliest sort of nonsense, which is cynicism. The human bond that he feels at home is not an illusion. On the contrary, it is rather an inner reality. Man is inside all men. In a real sense any man may be inside any men. But to travel is to leave the inside and draw dangerously near the outside. So long as he thought of men in the abstract, like naked toiling figures in some classic frieze, merely as those who labour and love their children and die, he was thinking the fundamental truth about them. By going to look at their unfamiliar manners and customs he is inviting them to disguise themselves in fantastic masks and costumes. Many modern internationalists talk as if men of different nationalities had only to meet and mix and understand each other. In reality that is the moment of supreme dangerthe moment when they meet. We might shiver, as at the old euphemism by which a meeting meant a duel."
What I Saw In America Annotated
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Author : G. K. Chesterton
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-09-20
What I Saw In America Annotated written by G. K. Chesterton and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-20 with categories.
What I Saw in America is Father Brown creator G. K. Chesterton's classic travelogue about his 1921 tour of America. The bitingly sardonic author pulls no punches with his wry observations on US culture, giving us his take on everything American from Pennsylvania to Prohibition.
What I Saw In America
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Author : G. Chesterton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-08-29
What I Saw In America written by G. Chesterton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-29 with categories.
A collection of classic essays exploring America by the inimitable essayist, G.K. Chesterton. The essays include:What is America?, A Meditation in a New York Hotel, A Meditation in Broadway, Irish and other Interviewers, Some American Cities, In the American Country, The American Business Man, Presidents and Problems, Prohibition in Fact and Fancy, Fads and Public Opinion, The Extraordinary American, The Republican in the Ruins, Is the Atlantic Narrowing?, Lincoln and Lost Causes, Wells and the World State, A New Martin Chuzzlewit, The Spirit of America, The Spirit of England, and The Future of Democracy.
What I Saw In America
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Author : Gilbert K. Chesterton
language : en
Publisher: Kiambo Ridge
Release Date : 1968
What I Saw In America written by Gilbert K. Chesterton and has been published by Kiambo Ridge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with United States categories.
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Author : G. K. Chesterton
language : en
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-06-27
What I Saw In America written by G. K. Chesterton and has been published by BoD - Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-27 with Fiction categories.
" I have never managed to lose my old conviction that travel narrows the mind. At least a man must make a double effort of moral humility and imaginative energy to prevent it from narrowing his mind. Indeed there is something touching and even tragic about the thought of the thoughtless tourist, who might have stayed at home loving Laplanders, embracing Chinamen, and clasping Patagonians to his heart in Hampstead or Surbiton, but for his blind and suicidal impulse to go and see what they looked like. This is not meant for nonsense; still less is it meant for the silliest sort of nonsense, which is cynicism. The human bond that he feels at home is not an illusion. On the contrary, it is rather an inner reality. Man is inside all men. In a real sense any man may be inside any men. But to travel is to leave the inside and draw dangerously near the outside. So long as he thought of men in the abstract, like naked toiling figures in some classic frieze, merely as those who labour and love their children and die, he was thinking the fundamental truth about them. By going to look at their unfamiliar manners and customs he is inviting them to disguise themselves in fantastic masks and costumes. Many modern internationalists talk as if men of different nationalities had only to meet and mix and understand each other. In reality that is the moment of supreme dangerthe moment when they meet. We might shiver, as at the old euphemism by which a meeting meant a duel..."
What I Saw In America
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Author : Chesterton G. K.
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-12
What I Saw In America written by Chesterton G. K. and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12 with History categories.
"What I Saw in America" is a group of essays by using the famend English author G. K. Chesterton, providing his eager observations and reflections at the United States in the course of his go to inside the early Twenties. Chesterton, celebrated for his wit and highbrow intensity, brings a completely unique and sometimes paradoxical attitude to his analysis of American society and tradition. Throughout the ebook, Chesterton engages with the American spirit, democracy, and the exceptional characteristics of the state. He expresses admiration for the American commitment to liberty and individualism while simultaneously critiquing the potential pitfalls of immoderate materialism and the erosion of cultural historical past. Chesterton's writings offer a nuanced and frequently funny portrayal of America's political landscape, societal values, and its rapid industrialization. He appreciates the diversity and dynamism of america but also voices worries about the risk of homogenization and the loss of historical and cultural identification. Remains a precious ancient document that gives insights into America's past and a perspective from a foreign observer. Chesterton's distinctive style, marked by using paradoxes and witty prose, makes "What I Saw in America" a fascinating and idea-provoking examine for those interested in early 20th-century America and the complicated interaction of its strengths and demanding situations.
What I Saw In America
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Author : G K Chesterton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-28
What I Saw In America written by G K Chesterton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-28 with categories.
I have never managed to lose my old conviction that travel narrows the mind. At least aman must make a double effort of moral humility and imaginative energy to prevent it fromnarrowing his mind. Indeed there is something touching and even tragic about the thoughtof the thoughtless tourist, who might have stayed at home loving Laplanders, embracingChinamen, and clasping Patagonians to his heart in Hampstead or Surbiton, but for hisblind and suicidal impulse to go and see what they looked like. This is not meant fornonsense; still less is it meant for the silliest sort of nonsense, which is cynicism. Thehuman bond that he feels at home is not an illusion. On the contrary, it is rather an innerreality. Man is inside all men. In a real sense any man may be inside any men. But to travelis to leave the inside and draw dangerously near the outside. So long as he thought of menin the abstract, like naked toiling figures in some classic frieze, merely as those who labourand love their children and die, he was thinking the fundamental truth about them. Bygoing to look at their unfamiliar manners and customs he is inviting them to disguisethemselves in fantastic masks and costumes. Many modern internationalists talk as if menof different nationalities had only to meet and mix and understand each other. In realitythat is the moment of supreme danger-the moment when they meet. We might shiver, asat the old euphemism by which a meeting meant a duel.Travel ought to combine amusement with instruction; but most travellers are so muchamused that they refuse to be instructed. I do not blame them for being amused; it isperfectly natural to be amused at a Dutchman for being Dutch or a Chinaman for beingChinese. Where they are wrong is that they take their own amusement seriously. They baseon it their serious ideas of international instruction. It was said that the Englishman takeshis pleasures sadly; and the pleasure of despising foreigners is one which he takes mostsadly of all. He comes to scoff and does not remain to pray, but rather to excommunicate.Hence in international relations there is far too little laughing, and far too much sneering.But I believe that there is a better way which largely consists of laughter; a form offriendship between nations which is actually founded on differences. To hint at some suchbetter way is the only excuse of this book.
What They Saw In America
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Author : James L. Nolan, Jr
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-05-17
What They Saw In America written by James L. Nolan, Jr and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-17 with History categories.
Chronicling the visits of four important figures, this book will help Americans better understand themselves and how outsiders perceive them.
What I Saw In America Annotated
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Author : G.k. Chesterton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-11-20
What I Saw In America Annotated written by G.k. Chesterton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-20 with categories.
* G. K. Chesterton's fascination account of his first trip to America* Includes a Preface and Introduction to Chesterton and his works by author Stephen ReuelG. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English writer of every sort in which his wit could flourish and his style could show; and whose goodness in his adventuring for truth is so lacking in the common rancour of today.'Americans are very patriotic, and wish to make their new citizens patriotic Americans. But it is the idea of making a new nation literally out of any old nation that comes along,' Chesterton concludes after his first visit in 1921. For 'what is unique is not America but what is called Americanisation.'