Compass and Clock: Defining Moments in American Culture

Title Compass and Clock: Defining Moments in American Culture ISBN 0810940965 Author Wilmerding, John Keywords United,States,--,Civilization,--,19th,century,,Space,and,time,,Space,and,time,in,literature,,Space,and,time,in,art,,United,States,--,Intellectual,life,--,1783-1865,,United,States,--,Intellectual,life,--,1865-1918,,American,literature,--,19th,century,--,Hi Binding Hardcover Publisher Harry N. Abrams Publisher Year 1999 Condition Fine Description 0810940965 Amazon.com As a professor at Princeton University, visiting curator at the Metropolitan Museum, and former deputy director of the National Gallery, John Wilmerding has established himself as a preeminent scholar of American art history. In his current work, Compass and Clock: Defining Moments in American Culture, Wilmerding steps beyond the parameters of the strictly art-historical and offers a fresh perspective on American intellectual history. Compass and Clock focuses on three turning points in American h