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"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 int...

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Autor principal: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Otros Autores: Robinson, David, 1947-
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2004.
Materias:
Social problems > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Problemas sociales > Estados Unidos > Historia > Siglo XIX.
Movimientos antiesclavistas > Estados Unidos > Historia > Siglo XIX.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
Estados Unidos > Política y gobierno > 1815-1861.
Estados Unidos > Política y gobierno > 1861-1865.
Estados Unidos > Condiciones sociales > Hasta 1865.
Acceso en línea:Table of contents
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Biblioteca Max von Buch (UdeSA) de Universidad de San Andrés
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Emerson as a political thinker
  • To Martin Van Buren, president of the United States (1838)
  • Man the reformer (1841)
  • The times : introductory lecture (1842)
  • New England reformers (1844)
  • Emancipation in the British West Indies (1844)
  • American slavery (1855)
  • Address at the Woman's Rights Convention (1855)
  • John Brown (1860)
  • American civilization (1862)
  • The president's proclamation (1862)
  • Fortune of the republic (1863).

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