October 11, 1964 (vol. 6, iss. 2) • Page Image 5
… --"t. d d'o44 and ,R'eco,'d4 in ,g'eo& THE AMERICANS: A New History of the People of the United States, by Oscar Handlin, Little, Brown and Company, New York $6.95, 416 pages. IN HIS CLASSIC WORK, "The Revolt of the Masses," Jose Ortega y Gasset speaks of the "rise of the historical level" -the elevation of the common man to the stage of history. In times past-Or- tega says-history was the plaything of kings and nobles; generals and mini...…