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Intellectual life and the American South, 1810-1860 : an abridged edition of Conjectures of order / Michael O'Brien ; foreword by Daniel Walker Howe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Brien, Michael, 1948-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intellectuals--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Intellectuals.
- Southern States--Intellectual life.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.
- Southern States--Relations--Europe.
- Europe--Relations--Southern States.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (398 p.)
- Edition:
- [Abridged ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Michael O'Brien has masterfully abridged his award-winning two-volume intellectual history of the Old South, Conjectures of Order, depicting a culture that was simultaneously national, postcolonial, and imperial, influenced by European intellectual traditions, yet also deeply implicated in the making of the American mind. Here O'Brien succinctly and fluidly surveys the lives and works of many significant Southern intellectuals, including John C. Calhoun, Louisa McCord, James Henley Thornwell, and George Fitzhugh. Looking over the period, O'Brien identifies a movement from Enligh
- Contents:
- Introduction : the position and course of the South
- The softened echo of the world
- All the tribes, all the productions of nature
- A volley of words
- The shape of a history
- Pride and power
- Philosophy and faith
- Epilogue : cool brains.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-9313-347-9
- 979-88-908836-7-4
- 1-4696-0401-9
- 0-8078-9564-4
- OCLC:
- 658198605
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