Displaying 1 of 1 2021 Format: Book Author: Gross, Robert A., 1945- author. Title: The transcendentalists and their world / Robert A. Gross. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. ©2021 Description: xx, 836 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Summary: "The eminent and award-winning historian Robert A. Gross presents his long-awaited, immersive journey through Concord in the age of Emerson and Thoreau."-- Provided by publisher. Subjects: Transcendentalism (New England) Transcendentalists (New England) Concord (Mass.) -- 19th century -- History. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [609]-787) and index. Contents: Part 1. A community in change. Prologue: a new beginning ; A day of good feelings ; Community and conscience -- The white village ; The curse of trade ; Husbandmen and manufacturers ; Knowledge is power ; Internal improvements ; Privilige and conspiracy -- Part 2. Transcendentalists and their world. Freedom of mind ; A little democracy ; The philosopher of modern history ; Young men and women of fairest promise ; The man of Concord ; Famine in the churches ; The spirit of reform ; The iron horse ; Walden and beyond. LCCN: 2021025273 ISBN: 9780374279325 0374279322 Other Number: 1259295125 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 942648 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 141.3 Gross Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
