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

Author/creator Allen, Thomas M., 1967-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionxiii, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist)
Subjects
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-266) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007023207
ISBN9780807831793 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807831794 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807858653 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN080785865X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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