03177nam 2200721 a 450 991046029210332120200520144314.00-674-05449-010.4159/9780674054493(CKB)2670000000040583(OCoLC)651657396(CaPaEBR)ebrary10399443(SSID)ssj0000418835(PQKBManifestationID)11271400(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418835(PQKBWorkID)10378010(PQKB)10449893(MiAaPQ)EBC3300778(DE-B1597)457745(OCoLC)979575710(DE-B1597)9780674054493(Au-PeEL)EBL3300778(CaPaEBR)ebr10399443(EXLCZ)99267000000004058320080808d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe golden age of the classics in America[electronic resource] Greece, Rome, and the antebellum United States /Carl J. RichardCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20091 online resource (273 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-03264-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-249) and index.Classical conditioning : school, home, and society -- Democracy -- Pastoralism and utilitarianism -- Nationalism -- Romanticism -- Christianity -- Slavery.In a masterful study Carl Richard explores how the Greek and Roman classics became enshrined in American antebellum culture. For the first time, knowledge of the classics extended beyond aristocratic males to the middle class, women, African Americans, and frontier settlers. The Civil War led to a radical alteration of the educational system in a way that steadily eroded the preeminence of the classics.Civilization, ClassicalStudy and teachingUnited StatesHistory19th centuryClassical literatureStudy and teachingUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryEducationUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesCivilizationClassical influencesUnited StatesCivilization1783-1865United StatesIntellectual life1783-1865GreeceStudy and teachingUnited StatesHistory19th centuryRomeStudy and teachingUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesSocial conditionsTo 1865Electronic books.Civilization, ClassicalStudy and teachingHistoryClassical literatureStudy and teachingHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryEducationHistory973.3NP 6020rvkRichard Carl J970082MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460292103321The golden age of the classics in America2452501UNINA