Critical Americans : Victorian intellectuals and transatlantic liberal reform / Leslie Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Leslie, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Liberalism.

Politics and culture--United States--History--19th century.

Politics and culture.

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

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this intellectual history of American liberalism during the second half of the 19th century, Butler examines a group of nationally prominent and internationally oriented writers who sustained an American tradition of self-consciously progressive and cosmopolitan reform. She addresses how these men established a critical perspective on American racism, materialism, and jingoism in the decades between the 1850's and the 1890's while she recaptures their insistence on the ability of ordinary citizens to work toward their limitless potential as intelligent and moral human beings.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Victorian Duty, American Scholars, and National Crisis; 2. The War for the Union and the Vindication of American Democracy; 3. The Liberal High Tide and Educative Democracy; 4. Liberal Culture in a Gilded Age; 5. The Politics of Liberal Reform; 6. Global Power and the liberalism of Empire; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-360) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908754-6-4

979-88-9313-141-3

1-4696-0612-7

0-8078-7757-3

OCLC:

476176202