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Intellectual manhood : university, self, and society in the antebellum south.
"In this in-depth and detailed history, Timothy J. Williams reveals that antebellum southern higher education did more than train future secessionists and proslavery ideologues. It also fostered a growing world of intellectualism flexible enough to marry the era's middle-class value system...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Univ Of North Carolina Pr,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In this in-depth and detailed history, Timothy J. Williams reveals that antebellum southern higher education did more than train future secessionists and proslavery ideologues. It also fostered a growing world of intellectualism flexible enough to marry the era's middle-class value system to the honor-bound worldview of the southern gentry. By focusing on the students' perspective and drawing from a rich trove of their letters, diaries, essays, speeches, and memoirs, Williams narrates the underexamined story of education and manhood at the University of North Carolina, the nation's first public university"--Page 4 of cover |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-276) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469618418 1469618419 9781469618401 1469618400 |