Mirage in the West. A History of the French Image of American Society to 1815. de Echeverria, Durand. Chinard, Gilbert - 1957: Foreword by Gilbert Chinard.

"One of the most difficult of the many problems facing modern man is the fact that as the various peoples of the world have been drawn closer together by technological progress they have failed to grow in sympathy and tolerance. They have found no way to share more fully one another's fears and aspirations or to tolerate unfamiliar values and beliefs. Each nation is shocked and dismayed by the distorted image of itself it sees reflected in other eyes, and is outraged to hear its idols mocked and its fears derided. How, each people asks, can we work and live with these strange brothers? What can be done, if not to understand one another (for perhaps that is hopeless0, at least to discover some areas of sympathy, to learn to tolerate ways and values not our own, and to instill like sympathy and tolerance in others?" (Preface). Chapters: The Philosophes Discover America; Liberty, Virtue, Prosperity, and Enlightenment, 1776-1783; Frenchmen in America, 1776-1783; The American Dream, 1784-1794; The Disintegration of the Dream; The Consulate and the Empire, 1799-1815. xvii, 300 pages, index; bound in navy cloth; Very Good; no dust jacket. Stock#ofc0466.