Toward a new society
Subtitle: American thought and culture, 1800-1830
By: Jean V. Matthews.
Series: Twayne's American thought and culture series
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865; United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865
Description: The author chronicles the breakdown of Enlightenment values as the elitist and rationalist legacy of Jeffersonianism gave way to the populist and capitalist fervor of the Jacksonian era. Documenting the bewildering political and cultural changes between 1800 and 1830, Matthews demonstrates how the questions raised in all areas of cultural and intellectual life were fundamentally about the nature of the Republic itself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182) and index.