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The Americans

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The author, writing as an outsider and psychologist, examines the characteristic tendencies of democratic life in the United States, treating political, economic, intellectual, and social aspects as expressions of deeper impulses. Emphasis falls on four interrelated drives—self-direction, self-realization, self-perfection, and self-assertion—which explain patterns of behavior more than transient controversies. Rather than offering original historical research, the analysis interprets recurring habits, institutions, and ideals to show how individual initiative, practical optimism, and civic participation shape public life while acknowledging contemporary shortcomings without centering on immediate events.

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Title: The Americans

Author: Hugo Münsterberg

Translator: Edwin B. Holt

Release date: January 15, 2018 [eBook #56376]

Language: English

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THE
AMERICANS

BY
HUGO MÜNSTERBERG
PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
TRANSLATED BY
EDWIN B. HOLT, Ph.D.
INSTRUCTOR AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
MCMIV
Copyright, 1904, by
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
Published November, 1904, N