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Autore |
O'Brien Michael <1948 Apr. 13-> |
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Titolo |
Intellectual life and the American South, 1810-1860 [[electronic resource] ] : an abridged edition of Conjectures of order / / Michael O'Brien ; foreword by Daniel Walker Howe |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4696-0401-9 |
0-8078-9564-4 |
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Edizione |
[[Abridged ed.].] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (398 p.) |
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O'BrienMichael <1948 Apr. 13-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Intellectuals - Southern States - History - 19th century |
Southern States Intellectual life |
Southern States Social conditions 19th century |
Southern States Relations Europe |
Europe Relations Southern States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : the position and course of the South -- The softened echo of the world -- All the tribes, all the productions of nature -- A volley of words -- The shape of a history -- Pride and power -- Philosophy and faith -- Epilogue : cool brains. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Michael O'Brien has masterfully abridged his award-winning two-volume intellectual history of the Old South, Conjectures of Order, depicting a culture that was simultaneously national, postcolonial, and imperial, influenced by European intellectual traditions, yet also deeply implicated in the making of the American mind. Here O'Brien succinctly and fluidly surveys the lives and works of many significant Southern intellectuals, including John C. Calhoun, Louisa McCord, James Henley Thornwell, and George Fitzhugh. Looking over the period, O'Brien identifies a movement from Enligh |
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