Henry Adams and the Southern Question

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University of Georgia Press, 2005 - History - 201 pages
A lively introduction to a New England observer of southern thought and custom.

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Contents

The Sable Genius of the South
1
The Little Society of Washington
43
American Types
73
The South in a Supersensual Multiverse
115
Notes
153
Index
189
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About the author (2005)

Michael O'Brien is Reader in American Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Jesus College. He is founder of the Southern Intellectual History Circle.

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