American Literature and Culture

A Nineteenth-Century American Reader

M. Thomas Inge, editor advanced reading, reference history, culture

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This anthology of original nineteenth-century primary cultural and literary readings and documents is intended as a reader and reference for advanced students, teachers and scholars. There are four major divisions: Geographic Expansion and National Character, Transcendental Inquiry and Individual Conscience, Internal Dissension and Sense of Union, and Industrial Triumph and Confrontation of Reality. One hundred three illustrations from the period complement the text. (Developed by Department of State Branch for the Study of the U.S.)

text 579 pp