Intellectual life and the American South, 1810-1860 : an abridged edition of Conjectures of order /
Michael O'Brien has masterfully abridged his award-winning two-volume intellectual history of the Old South, Conjectures of Order . Here he succinctly and fluidly surveys the lives and works of many significant Southern intellectuals, including John C. Calhoun, Louisa McCord, James Henley Thorn...
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Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2010
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Edition: | [Abridged ed.]. |
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the position and course of the South
- The softened echo of the world
- All the tribes, all the productions of nature
- A volley of words
- The shape of a history
- Pride and power
- Philosophy and faith
- Epilogue : cool brains.