Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860
Editorial Reviews
Times Literary Supplement, September 10, 2004
"An astonishing book. Beautifully written and meticulously researched, it chronicles the lives, thoughts, and varying fortunes of [Southern] intellectuals."
Review
O'Brien writes with assurance, subtlety, and imagination about the intellectual life of the Old South, showing that it was more vibrant, diverse, and modern than we have ever realized. His work is a triumph of humane letters.(Daniel Walker Howe, Oxford University)
In this magisterial history of intellectual life, Michael O'Brien analyzes the lives and works of antebellum Southern thinkers and reintegrates the South into the larger tradition of American and European intellectual history.
Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860
Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860,Michael O'Brien,The University of North Carolina Press,0807828009,19th century,History,History - U.S.,History: American,Intellectual life,Intellectuals,Reference,Social conditions,Southern States,United States - 19th Century,United States - State & Local - South,History / United States / 19th Century,History/United States: Southern; American Studies;
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