A republic in time : temporality and social imagination in nineteenth-century America

A republic in time : temporality and social imagination in nineteenth-century America / Thomas M. Allen.

Author/creator	Allen, Thomas M., 1967-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
Description	xiii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Space and time--Social aspects --United States --History --19th century. Space and time--Political aspects --United States --History --19th century. Nationalism--United States --History --19th century. Democracy--United States --History --19th century. Material culture--United States --History --19th century. American literature--19th century --History and criticism. Space and time in literature. United States--Intellectual life --1783-1865. United States--Social conditions --To 1865. United States--Politics and government --1783-1865.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-266) and index.
LCCN	2007023207
ISBN	9780807831793 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807831794 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780807858653 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	080785865X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E 165 .A43 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold