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A Republic in Time: Temporality and Social Imagination in Nineteenth-Century America Thomas M. Allen New edition
A Republic in Time: Temporality and Social Imagination in Nineteenth-Century America
Thomas M. Allen
Explores how transformations in the perception of time shaped American conceptions of democratic society and modern nationhood. This study analyzes cultural artifacts ranging from clocks and scientific treatises to paintings and literary narratives to show how Americans made use of these ideas about time to create visions of American nationhood.
296 pages, 33 illustrations, notes, bibl., index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 25, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807858653 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Pages | 296 |
| Dimensions | 157 × 233 × 19 mm · 435 g |
| Language | English |