A Republic in Time : Temporality and Social Imagination in Nineteenth-Century America /

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The development of the American nation has typically been interpreted in terms of its expansion through space, specifically its growth westward. This book posits time, not space, as the most significant territory of the young nation. It argues that beginning in the nineteenth century, the actual geo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Allen, Thomas M., 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Soziale Situation
Zeit
Space and time > Social aspects
Space and time in literature
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Nationalism
Material culture
Intellectual life
Democracy
American literature
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Culture materielle > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Nationalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Space and time in literature.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Material culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Democracy > United States > History > 19th century.
Nationalism > United States > History > 19th century.
Space and time > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Space and time > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
USA.
United States
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1865.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1865.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 1783-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
United States > Intellectual life > 1783-1865.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Time and modern nationhood
  • The future republic
  • Material time
  • Clockwork nation
  • Time in the land
  • Emerson's deep democracy
  • Conclusion: The ends of time.

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