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



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Autore: Allen Thomas M. <1967-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: A republic in time [[electronic resource] ] : temporality and social imagination in nineteenth-century America / / Thomas M. Allen Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8078-6817-5
1-4696-0382-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788218703321
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