Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860: An Abridged Edition of Conjectures of Order

by Michael O'Brien

Michael O'Brien has masterfully abridged his award-winning two-volume intellectual history of the Old South, Conjectures of Order, depicting a culture that was simultaneously national, postcolonial, and imperial, influenced by European intellectual traditions, yet also deeply implicated in the making of the American mind.

Here O'Brien succinctly and fluidly surveys the lives and works of many significant Southern intellectuals, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807872687
• ISBN13: 9780807872680
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.9"