Lewis Perry

Boats Against the Current

American Culture Between Revolution and Modernity, 1820-1860

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now available for the first time in paperback, Boats Against the Current offers a brilliant portrait of a society in the midst of change, expansion, and reflection about its own future and past. Written by one of our leading intellectual historians, it makes a major contribution to our understanding of the emergence of modern American culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 153mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780742522503
• ISBN-10: 0742522504
• Artikelnr.: 21775235

Autorenporträt

Lewis Perry is professor of history at Saint Louis University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 0 Prologue Part 0 Nashville Chapter 0 Contrasts Chapter 0 A New Way of
Life Chapter 0 The Hero and His Roles Chapter 0 A Vagabond's View of
Civilization Part 0 The Dead Past Chapter 0 Looking for Connections Chapter
0 Choosing a Past Chapter 0 Holding onto History Chapter 0 Anti-History
Part 0 Travelers Chapter 0 Ruins and Stumps Chapter 0 Tocqueville:
Wilderness and Civilization Chapter 0 Bremer: Home and Citizenship Chapter
0 The Opening of the American Mind Chapter 0 Ambiguous Argonaut Part 0 Life
as a Masquerade Chapter 0 City of Unwork Chapter 0 Excursion Chapter 0
Specimens of Equivoke Chapter 0 On the Road Chapter 0 Confidence and
Sincerity Chapter 0 Emerson on the World of Shows Part 0 Modernity Chapter
0 Against the Current Chapter 0 A Step Toward Modernity Chapter 0 The
Experience of Change Part 0 Epilogue: Retelling the Story Part 0 Notes Part
0 Index