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Author/Creator:Lears, T. J. Jackson, 1947- author.
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Title:Animal spirits : the American pursuit of vitality from camp meeting to Wall Street / Jackson Lears.
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ISBN:9780374290221
0374290229
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Edition:First edition.
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Publication:New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
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Copyright notice date: ©2023
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Physical Description:449 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Summary:"A master historian's retrieval of the spiritual visions and vitalisms that animate American life and the possibilities they offer today"--
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BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents:Between body and soul -- The madness and mildness of money -- Toward a pulsating universe -- Feverish finance, revival religion, and war -- The reconfiguration of value -- The apotheosis of energy -- Another civilization -- The vitalist moment : 1913 and after -- Race, sex, and power -- Numbers and flow -- The only thing we have to fear -- The triumph and failure of management -- Epilogue: a fierce green fire.
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Subjects:National characteristics, American.
Social values--United States.
Animism--United States.
Vitalism.
Spirituality.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
Animism.
Manners and customs.
National characteristics, American.
Social values.
Spirituality.
United States--Social life and customs.
United States.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16740171