The transcendentalists and their world / Robert A. Gross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gross, Robert A., 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transcendentalism (New England).

Transcendentalists (New England).

Concord (Mass.)--19th century--History.

Concord (Mass.).

Physical Description:

xx, 836 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

Summary:

"The eminent and award-winning historian Robert A. Gross presents his long-awaited, immersive journey through Concord in the age of Emerson and Thoreau."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. l A Community in Change

1. A Day of Good Feelings

2. Community and Conscience

3. The White Village

4. The Curse of Trade

5. Husbandmen and Manufacturers

6. Knowledge Is Power

7. Internal Improvements

8. Privilege and Conspiracy

pt. II Transcendentalists and Their World

9. Freedom of Mind

10. A Little Democracy

11. The Philosopher of Modern History

12. Young Men and Women of Fairest Promise

13. The Man of Concord

14. Famine in the Churches

15. The Spirit of Reform

16. The Iron Horse

17. Walden and Beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [609]-787) and index.

ISBN:

9780374279325

0374279322

OCLC:

1259295125