02966nam 2200649 a 450 991046004810332120200520144314.01-4696-0401-90-8078-9564-4(CKB)2670000000037577(EBL)565703(OCoLC)658198605(SSID)ssj0000420699(PQKBManifestationID)11295843(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000420699(PQKBWorkID)10393681(PQKB)10587610(MiAaPQ)EBC565703(OCoLC)966883534(MdBmJHUP)muse48618(Au-PeEL)EBL565703(CaPaEBR)ebr10405067(CaONFJC)MIL930483(EXLCZ)99267000000003757720091102d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIntellectual life and the American South, 1810-1860[electronic resource] an abridged edition of Conjectures of order /Michael O'Brien ; foreword by Daniel Walker Howe[Abridged ed.].Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20101 online resource (398 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-7268-7 0-8078-3400-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 EnlighIntellectualsSouthern StatesHistory19th centurySouthern StatesIntellectual lifeSouthern StatesSocial conditions19th centurySouthern StatesRelationsEuropeEuropeRelationsSouthern StatesElectronic books.IntellectualsHistory975/.03O'Brien Michael1948 Apr. 13-1057471O'Brien Michael1948 Apr. 13-1057471MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460048103321Intellectual life and the American South, 1810-18602492792UNINA