TY - BOOK AU - Gross,Robert A. TI - The transcendentalists and their world SN - 9780374279325 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Transcendentalism (New England) KW - Transcendentalists (New England) KW - Concord (Mass.) KW - 19th century KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [609]-787) and index; Part 1. A community in change. Prologue: a new beginning ; A day of good feelings ; Community and conscience -- The white village ; The curse of trade ; Husbandmen and manufacturers ; Knowledge is power ; Internal improvements ; Privilege and conspiracy -- Part 2. Transcendentalists and their world. Freedom of mind ; A little democracy ; The philosopher of modern history ; Young men and women of fairest promise ; The man of Concord ; Famine in the churches ; The spirit of reform ; The iron horse ; Walden and beyond N2 - "The eminent and award-winning historian Robert A. Gross presents his long-awaited, immersive journey through Concord in the age of Emerson and Thoreau."-- ER -