The golden age of the classics in America : Greece, Rome, and the antebellum United States / Carl J. Richard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richard, Carl J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Classical--Study and teaching--United States--History--19th century.

Civilization, Classical.

Classical literature--Study and teaching--United States--History--19th century.

Classical literature.

Political culture--United States--History--19th century.

Political culture.

Education--United States--History--19th century.

Education.

United States--Civilization--Classical influences.

United States.

United States--Civilization--1783-1865.

United States--Intellectual life--1783-1865.

Greece--Study and teaching--United States--History--19th century.

Greece.

Rome--Study and teaching--United States--History--19th century.

Rome.

United States--Social conditions--To 1865.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a masterful study Carl Richard explores how the Greek and Roman classics became enshrined in American antebellum culture. For the first time, knowledge of the classics extended beyond aristocratic males to the middle class, women, African Americans, and frontier settlers. The Civil War led to a radical alteration of the educational system in a way that steadily eroded the preeminence of the classics.

Contents:

Classical conditioning : school, home, and society

Democracy

Pastoralism and utilitarianism

Nationalism

Romanticism

Christianity

Slavery.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-249) and index.

ISBN:

9780674054493

0674054490

OCLC:

651657396