A republic in time : temporality and social imagination in nineteenth-century America

Author:

Allen, Thomas M., 1967-

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008

Subject:

United States - Intellectual life - 1783-1865
United States - Social conditions - To 1865
United States - Politics and government - 1783-1865
Space and time - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Space and time - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Nationalism - United States - History - 19th century
Democracy - United States - History - 19th century
Material culture - United States - History - 19th century
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Space and time in literature

ISBN:

9780807831793, 0807831794, 9780807858653, 080785865X, 08078586510, 9780807831793 (cloth : alk. paper), 0807831794 (cloth : alk. paper), 9780807858653 (pbk. : alk. paper), and 080785865X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Description:

xiii, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-266) and index

Contents:

Introduction: Time and modern nationhood -- The future republic -- Material time -- Clockwork nation -- Time in the land -- Emerson's deep democracy -- Conclusion: The ends of time

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

E165 .A43 2008

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