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William James : in the maelstrom of American modernism : a biography / Robert D. Richardson.

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William James : in the maelstrom of American modernism : a biography / Robert D. Richardson.

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William James : in the maelstrom of American modernism : a biography / Robert D. Richardson.

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Full title

William James : in the maelstrom of American modernism : a biography / Robert D. Richardson.

Publisher

Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, c2006.

Call Numbers

N191.092/1

Record Identifier

74VKJwPZoxK3

MMS ID

991022046119702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xvi, 622 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Publication information

Publisher

Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, c2006.

Place of Publication

Massachusetts

Date Published

c2006.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"As a longtime professor James taught courage and risk-taking. he was W.E.B. Du Bois's adviser and teacher, and he told another of his students, Gertrude Stein, to reject nothing - that rejecting anything was the beginning of the end for an intellectual. One of the great figures in mysticism, James coined the phrase "stream of consciousness.""--BOO...

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Full title

William James : in the maelstrom of American modernism : a biography / Robert D. Richardson.

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Notes

General note

Includes chronology, James family genealogy and notes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2006.

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Other version (online)

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N191.092/1

Record Identifier

74VKJwPZoxK3

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJwPZoxK3

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ISBN

0618433252 (hbk.)

9780618433254 (hbk.)

DDC

191.092

MMS ID

991022046119702626

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