Bibliograph

Toward a new society, American thought and culture, 1800-1830, Jean V. Matthews

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Toward a new society, American thought and culture, 1800-1830, Jean V. Matthews

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index

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platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Toward a new society

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

22109432

Responsibility statement

Jean V. Matthews

Series statement

Twayne's American thought and culture series

Sub title

American thought and culture, 1800-1830

Summary

The author chronicles the breakdown of Enlightenment values as the elitist and rationalist legacy of Jeffersonianism gave way to the populist and capitalist fervor of the Jacksonian era. Documenting the bewildering political and cultural changes between 1800 and 1830, Matthews demonstrates how the questions raised in all areas of cultural and intellectual life were fundamentally about the nature of the Republic itself

Table Of Contents

Part One: The republic -- 1. The republic and the problem of virtue -- 2. Christianizing the republic -- 3. The problem of republican culture. -- Part Two: Man and nature -- 4. The science of man -- 5. The possession of nature -- Part Three: Democracy -- 6. The influence of America on the mind -- 7. The spirit of improvement

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