Two Cities: The Political Thought of American Transcendentalism

by Daniel S. Malachuk

Since the late eighteenth century the ideals of political democracy and individual flourishing have become so entangled that most people no longer differentiate them. The American Transcendentalists did. Two Cities is the first comprehensive account of the original but still underrated political thought of this movement, especially that of its three major authors: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Henry David Thoreau.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700623027
• ISBN13: 9780700623020
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"