The political Emerson
Subtitle: essential writings on politics and social reform
By: Ralph Waldo Emerson ; edited by David M. Robinson.
Contributors: Robinson, David, 1947-
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865; United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865; Social problems -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Description: "Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) never considered himself a political thinker. And yet he rose to prominence during one of the most turbulent times in U.S. history. As a result, political questions grew in importance for him, becoming by the 1860's one of his chief concerns as a public intellectual. In The Political Emerson, David M. Robinson has brought together for the first time the best of Emerson's numerous writings on politics and social reform."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209).
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Emerson as a political thinker; title: To Martin Van Buren, president of the United States (1838); title: Man the reformer (1841); title: The times : introductory lecture (1842); title: New England reformers (1844); title: Emancipation in the British West Indies (1844); title: American slavery (1855); title: Address at the Woman's Rights Convention (1855); title: John Brown (1860); title: American civilization (1862); title: The president's proclamation (1862); title: Fortune of the republic (1863).