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- catalog abstract "As editor of the prestigious Journal of American History, author of a number of books on nineteenth-century America, and professor of history at Vanderbilt University, Lewis Perry has been a leading historian of United States intellectual life for more than two decades. Now, in this highly original look at American culture in the decades between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, he paints a vivid portrait of our tumultuous society as it veered toward modernity. Boats. Against the Current provides a fascinating account of how American culture emerged from the sheltered, elitist world of the eighteenth century into the dynamic, turbulent civilization that reached full bloom after the Civil War. The antebellum years were times of flux and change, years of a society rushing into the western wilds, muscular and ambitious, yet haunted by uncertainty about its future and its past. Perry begins with a fresh look at Andrew Jackson - who. Personally linked the revolutionary period to the era that bears his name - vividly recreating a time when Americans, feeling their ties to the past disintegrating, fostered a new fascination with history. Then Perry introduces us to the observations of such articulate foreign travelers as Alexis de Tocqueville and Fredrika Bremer. He deftly weaves together these writers' perspectives to provide a fascinating look at our emergent nation. Here, too, are the women of the. Cities and frontier, the peddlers, preachers, and showmen, along with such writers as Hawthorne, Emerson, Whittier, and Parker. Perry brings these personalities and writings together to show us how early nineteenth-century America saw itself, in both its promise and its fears. Gracefully written and filled with fresh insights, Boats Against the Current offers a brilliant portrait of a society in the midst of change, expansion, and reflection about its own future and. Past. Written by one of our leading intellectual historians, it makes a major contribution to our understanding of the emergence of modern American culture.".
- catalog contributor b4691448.
- catalog coverage "United States Civilization 1783-1865.".
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "Against the Current provides a fascinating account of how American culture emerged from the sheltered, elitist world of the eighteenth century into the dynamic, turbulent civilization that reached full bloom after the Civil War. The antebellum years were times of flux and change, years of a society rushing into the western wilds, muscular and ambitious, yet haunted by uncertainty about its future and its past. Perry begins with a fresh look at Andrew Jackson - who.".
- catalog description "As editor of the prestigious Journal of American History, author of a number of books on nineteenth-century America, and professor of history at Vanderbilt University, Lewis Perry has been a leading historian of United States intellectual life for more than two decades. Now, in this highly original look at American culture in the decades between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, he paints a vivid portrait of our tumultuous society as it veered toward modernity. Boats.".
- catalog description "Cities and frontier, the peddlers, preachers, and showmen, along with such writers as Hawthorne, Emerson, Whittier, and Parker. Perry brings these personalities and writings together to show us how early nineteenth-century America saw itself, in both its promise and its fears. Gracefully written and filled with fresh insights, Boats Against the Current offers a brilliant portrait of a society in the midst of change, expansion, and reflection about its own future and.".
- catalog description "I. Nashville. 1. Contrasts. 2. A New Way of Life. 3. The Hero and His Roles. 4. A Vagabond's View of Civilization -- II. The Dead Past. 5. Looking for Connections. 6. Choosing a Past. 7. Holding onto History. 8. Anti-History -- III. Travelers. 9. Ruins and Stumps. 10. Tocqueville: Wilderness and Civilization. 11. Bremer: Home and Citizenship. 12. The Opening of the American Mind. 13. Ambiguous Argonaut -- IV. Life as a Masquerade. 14. City of Unwork. 15. Excursion. 16. Specimens of Equivoke. 17. On the Road. 18. Confidence and Sincerity. 19. Emerson on the World of Shows -- V. Modernity. 20. Against the Current. 21. A Step Toward Modernity. 22. The Experience of Change -- Epilogue: Retelling the Story.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-321) and index.".
- catalog description "Past. Written by one of our leading intellectual historians, it makes a major contribution to our understanding of the emergence of modern American culture.".
- catalog description "Personally linked the revolutionary period to the era that bears his name - vividly recreating a time when Americans, feeling their ties to the past disintegrating, fostered a new fascination with history. Then Perry introduces us to the observations of such articulate foreign travelers as Alexis de Tocqueville and Fredrika Bremer. He deftly weaves together these writers' perspectives to provide a fascinating look at our emergent nation. Here, too, are the women of the.".
- catalog extent "xii, 332 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Boats against the current.".
- catalog identifier "0195060911 (acid-free paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Boats against the current.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Boats against the current.".
- catalog spatial "United States Civilization 1783-1865.".
- catalog subject "973.5 20".
- catalog subject "E165 .P47 1993".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Nashville. 1. Contrasts. 2. A New Way of Life. 3. The Hero and His Roles. 4. A Vagabond's View of Civilization -- II. The Dead Past. 5. Looking for Connections. 6. Choosing a Past. 7. Holding onto History. 8. Anti-History -- III. Travelers. 9. Ruins and Stumps. 10. Tocqueville: Wilderness and Civilization. 11. Bremer: Home and Citizenship. 12. The Opening of the American Mind. 13. Ambiguous Argonaut -- IV. Life as a Masquerade. 14. City of Unwork. 15. Excursion. 16. Specimens of Equivoke. 17. On the Road. 18. Confidence and Sincerity. 19. Emerson on the World of Shows -- V. Modernity. 20. Against the Current. 21. A Step Toward Modernity. 22. The Experience of Change -- Epilogue: Retelling the Story.".
- catalog title "Boats against the current : American culture between revolution and modernity, 1820-1860 / Lewis Perry.".
- catalog type "text".