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Originally published in 1999. James Turner's biography offers the first modern account of Norton's life and its significance, following him from his perilous travels across India as a young merchant to his role as his country's preeminent cultural critic. Turner shows how Norton developed the key ideas that still underlie the humanities—historicism and culture—and how his influence endures in America's colleges and universities because of institutions he developed and models he devised.

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  1. Half Title
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  1. Frontispiece
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright
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  1. Dedication
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  1. Epigraphs
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  1. Contents
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  1. Preface
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  1. Acknowledgments
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  1. Half Title 1
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  1. Prologue: The New England Clerisy
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  1. 1. Shady Hill, 1786–1842
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  1. 2. Cambridge and Boston, 1842–1849
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  1. 3. The World, 1849–1851
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  1. 4. A Merchant in the Unmaking, 1851–1855
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  1. 5. Adrift, 1855–1857
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  1. 6. A Literary Invalid, 1857–1861
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  1. 7. Toward “A Science of Ideal Politics,” 1861–1865
  2. pp. 168-193
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  1. 8. The North American, the Nation, and the Nation, 1865–1868
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  1. 9. Europe and Erudition, 1868–1872
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  1. Interlude
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  1. 10. Beginning Again, 1873–1878
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  1. 11. Fresh Foundations of Learning, 1878–1882
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  1. 12. Olympus Ascended, 1882–1886
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  1. 13. Years That Bring the Philologic Mind, 1886–1891
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  1. 14. To Make Democracy Safe for the World, 1891–1895
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  1. 15. The Invention of Western Civilization, 1895–1898
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  1. 16. Shady Hill Again, 1898–1908
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  1. Notes
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  1. Sources Cited
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  1. The Published Writings of Charles Eliot Norton
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  1. Index
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