Six talks on the eve of America's bicentennial celebrations. by Daniel J. Boorstin.
In his third talk, Dr Boorstin goes on to discuss the ways in which the early Americans created their own individual Institutions of government and abandoned rigid social and professional barriers that characterised life in Britain.
(Last Wednesday's broadcast on Radio 4 and printed in The Listener dated 27 Nov. Next lecture.- 3 Dee R4, 7 Dec R3)

followed by an interlude