A republic in time [[electronic resource] ] : temporality and social imagination in nineteenth-century America / / Thomas M. Allen

• Autore: Allen Thomas M. <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.3
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Intellectual life 1783-1865; United States Social conditions To 1865; United States Politics and government 1783-1865
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A republic in time
• ISBN: 0-8078-6817-5; 1-4696-0382-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788218703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II