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The Golden Age of the Classics in America : Greece, Rome, and the Antebellum United States / / Carl J. Richard.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674032644
  • 9780674054493
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.3 22
LOC classification:
  • E165 .R513 2009
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Classical Conditioning: School, Home, and Society -- 2. Democracy -- 3. Pastoralism and Utilitarianism -- 4. Nationalism -- 5. Romanticism -- 6. Christianity -- 7. Slavery -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
Summary: In a masterful study Carl Richard explores how the Greek and Roman classics became enshrined in American antebellum culture. For the first time, knowledge of the classics extended beyond aristocratic males to the middle class, women, African Americans, and frontier settlers. The Civil War led to a radical alteration of the educational system in a way that steadily eroded the preeminence of the classics.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674054493

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Classical Conditioning: School, Home, and Society -- 2. Democracy -- 3. Pastoralism and Utilitarianism -- 4. Nationalism -- 5. Romanticism -- 6. Christianity -- 7. Slavery -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index

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In a masterful study Carl Richard explores how the Greek and Roman classics became enshrined in American antebellum culture. For the first time, knowledge of the classics extended beyond aristocratic males to the middle class, women, African Americans, and frontier settlers. The Civil War led to a radical alteration of the educational system in a way that steadily eroded the preeminence of the classics.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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