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The writing, sparkling with wit, is vintage O'Brien and insights abound. - Journal of American History Short but illuminating... A perceptive reader of Adams, O'Brien also brings to this study an extensive knowledge of southern historiography and Adams's contribution to it. - Journal of Southern History A delightful read... This slim volume is well suited for a thoughtful seminar where discussions can range from Southern regional identity to Anglo-European travel literature to feminist political ideology in an easy and familiar way. - H-South The reader will learn nearly as much about Adams's crankiness toward New England, counterpoint to that balmier region, as about his deprecations and appreciations of the South. And learn the reader will, on almost every page. - Journal of American History O'Brien supplies a unique perspective on a much-studied dynasty.... Worth a look by anyone interested in intellectual, cultural, or southern history. - Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

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Michael O'Brien is Reader in American Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Jesus College. He is founder of the Southern Intellectual History Circle and was the longtime series editor of the Publications of the Southern Texts Society. O'Brien is the author or editor of several books on southern intellectual history, including the Bancroft Prize - winner Conjectures of Order.

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