03336nam 2200745Ia 450 991046378430332120200520144314.00-8078-6817-51-4696-0382-9(CKB)3170000000065499(EBL)4322046(SSID)ssj0000540802(PQKBManifestationID)11334222(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540802(PQKBWorkID)10492486(PQKB)10798667(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245665(MiAaPQ)EBC797776(OCoLC)779181460(MdBmJHUP)muse28000(Au-PeEL)EBL797776(CaPaEBR)ebr10511447(EXLCZ)99317000000006549920070613d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA republic in time[electronic resource] temporality and social imagination in nineteenth-century America /Thomas M. AllenChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20081 online resource (292 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-3179-4 0-8078-5865-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.The development of the American nation has typically been interpreted in terms of its expansion through space, specifically its growth westward. This book posits time, not space, as the most significant territory of the young nation. It argues that beginning in the nineteenth century, the actual geography of the nation became less important, as Americans imagined the future as their true national territory. The book explores how transformations in the perception of time shaped American conceptions of democratic society and modern nationhood.Space and timeSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centurySpace and timePolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryNationalismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryDemocracyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMaterial cultureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAmerican literature19th centuryHistory and criticismSpace and time in literatureUnited StatesIntellectual life1783-1865United StatesSocial conditionsTo 1865United StatesPolitics and government1783-1865Electronic books.Space and timeSocial aspectsHistorySpace and timePolitical aspectsHistoryNationalismHistoryDemocracyHistoryMaterial cultureHistoryAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Space and time in literature.973.3Allen Thomas M.1967-1049067MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463784303321A republic in time2477762UNINA