Perry, Lewis,  1938- <br/><br/>
Boats against the current :  American culture between revolution and modernity, 1820-1860 / 
Lewis Perry. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press ,  1993 
 - xii, 332 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-321) and index. 
<br/><br/>aI. Nashville. 1. Contrasts. 2. A New Way of Life. 3. The Hero and His Roles. 4. A Vagabond's View of Civilization -- II. The Dead Past. 5. Looking for Connections. 6. Choosing a Past. 7. Holding onto History. 8. Anti-History -- III. Travelers. 9. Ruins and Stumps. 10. Tocqueville: Wilderness and Civilization. 11. Bremer: Home and Citizenship. 12. The Opening of the American Mind. 13. Ambiguous Argonaut -- IV. Life as a Masquerade. 14. City of Unwork. 15. Excursion. 16. Specimens of Equivoke. 17. On the Road. 18. Confidence and Sincerity. 19. Emerson on the World of Shows -- V. Modernity. 20. Against the Current. 21. A Step Toward Modernity. 22. The Experience of Change -- Epilogue: Retelling the Story. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195060911 9780195060911 (acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization.<br/>Cultuurgeschiedenis.<br/>United States--Civilization--1783-1865.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Lịch sử Mỹ Nội chiến Thời kỳ 1783-1865 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E165  / .P47 1993 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>911  / PER 1993