Annal:1973 Pulitzer Prize for History
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Results of the Pulitzer Prize in the year 1973. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization
- 1973 Pulitzer–History winner
- Score: 10.23
From the beginning, what has given our culture its distinctive texture, pattern, and thrust, according to Michael Kammen, is the dynamic interaction of the imported and the indigenous. He shows how, during the years of colonization, some ideas and institutions were transferred virtually intact from Britain, while, simultaneously, others were being transformed in the New World. As he unravels the tangled origins of our culture, he makes us see that unresolved contradictions in the American experience have created our national style. Puritanical and hedonistic,…
