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Author O'Brien, Michael, 1948-2015.

Title Conjectures of order : intellectual life and the American South, 1810-1860 / Michael O'Brien.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (2 volumes (xvii, 1354 pages)) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 1203-1292) and index.
Contents Volume 1; Contents; Contents; Abbreviations; Abbreviations; Introduction. The Position and Course of the South; Book I. The Softened Echo of the World; Book II. All the Tribes, All the Productions of Nature; Book III. A Volley of Words; Volume 2; Book IV. The Shape of a History; Book V. Pride and Power; Book VI. Philosophy and Faith; Epilogue. The Imprisoned Bird; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.
Summary In this history of intellectual life, Michael O'Brien analyzes the lives and works of antebellum Southern thinkers and in so doing reintegrates the South into the larger tradition of American and European intellectual history. He finds that the evolution of Southern intellectual life paralleled and modified developments across the Atlantic.
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Subject Southern States -- Intellectual life.
Southern States.
Intellectual life.
Intellectuals -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Intellectuals.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Social conditions.
Southern States -- Relations -- Europe.
Relations.
Europe.
Europe -- Relations -- Southern States.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: O'Brien, Michael, 1948 April 13- Conjectures of order. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004 0807828009 (DLC) 2003011163 (OCoLC)52271594
ISBN 0807863734 (electronic book)
9780807863732 (electronic book)
0807828009 (set ; cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780807828007 (set ; cloth ; alkaline paper)