David Quigley Books
Quigley delves deeply into 19th-century American history, with a specific focus on urban and political history during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. His work is characterized by meticulous research and analytical insight into this pivotal period of American formation. Through his writing, he uncovers the complex dynamics of power and societal change that shaped the nation. His approach offers readers a profound understanding of the intricacies of the past.


In this intellectual biography an epoch is portrayed: the American writer David Quigley maps out the stages and positions of the radical early twentieth-century German writer and art historian Carl Einstein, who posited political, philosophical and aesthetic arguments for a "new" art as the basis for a "new" society.