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Building culture : studies in the intellectual history of industrializing America, 1867-1910 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Teichgraeber, Richard F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2010]
Subjects:
United States > Intellectual life > 1865-1918.
United States > Civilization > 1865-1918.
Industrialization > Social aspects > 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 > Education > History.
Table of 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.