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Author:

Teichgraeber, Richard F.

Title:

Building culture : studies in the intellectual history of industrializing America, 1867-1910 / Richard F. Teichgraeber III.

Publisher:

University of South Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xv, 184 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Intellectual life--1865-1918.
United States--Civilization--1865-1918.
Industrialization--History.--United States--History.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,--1803-1882--Influence.
Education, Higher--United States--History.
Universities and colleges--United States--History.
Racism in education--United States--History.
African Americans--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"The word of the modern" : "culture" in industrializing America -- "Our national glory" : Emerson in American culture, 1865-82 -- "More than Luther of these modern days" : the social construction of Emerson's posthumous reputation, 1882-1903 -- The academic public sphere : the university movement in American culture, 1870-1901 -- Race and academic culture in 1903 : the twin conventions, the Basset affair, and The souls of Black folk.

ISBN:

1570039259 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781570039256 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)553364818

LCCN:

2010008127

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)