Liberal Education of Charles Eliot Norton

James Turner is the Cavanaugh Professor of Humanities at the University of Notre Dame and the director of the Erasmus Institute. His books include Without God, Without Creed and Reckoning with the Beast also available from Johns Hopkins.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPrologue. The New England ClerisyChapter 1. Shady Hill, 1786-1842Chapter 2. Cambridge and Boston, 1842-1851Chapter 3. The World, 1849-1851Chapter 4. A Merchant in the Unmaking, 1851-1855Chapter 5. Adrift, 1855-1857Chapter 6. A Literary Invalid, 1857-1861Chapter 7. Toward "A Science of Ideal Politics," 1861-1865Chapter 8. The North American, the Nation, and the Nation, 1865-1868Chapter 9. Europe and Erudition, 1868-1872InterludeChapter 10. Beginning AgainChapter 11. Fresh Foundations of Learning, 1878-1882Chapter 12. Olympus Ascended, 1882-1886Chapter 13. Years that Bring the Philologic Mind, 1886-1891Chapter 14. To Make Democracy Safe for the World, 1891-1895Chapter 15. The Invention of Western Civilization, 1895-1898Chapter 16. Shady Hill Again, 1898-1908IllustrationsNotesSources CitedThe Published Writings of Charles Eliot NortonIndex

James Turner offers us a superbly crafted and absorbing biography of a seminal figure in nineteenth-century American culture. In this impressive book, Turner dusts off what might seem a stuffy subject to reveal a cultural adventure.—Anne C. Rose, Journal of American History