No Place of Grace : Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920 /

A new edition of a classic work of American history that eloquently examines the rise of antimodernism at the turn of the twentieth century. First published in 1981, T. J. Jackson Lears's No Place of Grace is a landmark book in American studies and American history, acclaimed for both its rigor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lears, T. J. Jackson (Autor)
Otros Autores: Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2021]
Temas:
HISTORY / General.
antimodernism, history, capitalism, consumers, authenticity, identity, experience, individualism, bureaucracy, corporations, self help, culture, sustainable living, anticonsumerism, industrialization, neurasthenia, therapy, arts and crafts, artisan, american craft revival, simple life, simplicity, minimalism, class, race, violence, force, childhood, religion, spirituality, christianity, catholicism, regeneration, gender, masculinity, nonfiction, literature.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A new edition of a classic work of American history that eloquently examines the rise of antimodernism at the turn of the twentieth century. First published in 1981, T. J. Jackson Lears's No Place of Grace is a landmark book in American studies and American history, acclaimed for both its rigorous research and the deft fluidity of its prose. A study of responses to the emergent culture of corporate capitalism at the turn of the twentieth century, No Place of Grace charts the development of contemporary consumer society through the embrace of antimodernism-the effort among middle- and upper-class Americans to recapture feelings of authentic experience. Rather than offer true resistance to the increasingly corporatized bureaucracy of the time, however, antimodernism helped accommodate Americans to the new order-it was therapeutic rather than oppositional, a striking forerunner to today's self-help culture. And yet antimodernism contributed a new dynamic as well, "an eloquent edge of protest," as Lears puts it, which is evident even today in anticonsumerism, sustainable living, and other practices. This new edition, with a lively and discerning foreword by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, celebrates the fortieth anniversary of this singular work of history.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (408 p.)
ISBN:9780226794587
9783110739190
Acceso:restricted access

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