The American Intellectual Tradition: Volume I: 1630-1865

by David A. Hollinger (Editor), Charles Capper (Editor)

Revised and updated, the sixth edition of this now standard two-volume anthology brings together some of the most historically significant writings in American intellectual history. Uniquely comprehensive, The American Intellectual Tradition includes classic works in philosophy, religion,
social theory, political thought, economics, psychology, and cultural and literary criticism. Organized chronologically into thematic sections, the two volumes trace the evolution of American intellectual writing and thinking from its origins in Puritan beliefs to the most recent essays on diversity
and postmodernity. Pedagogical features include introductions and headnotes to the selections, updated bibliographic material throughout, and detailed chronologies at the end of each book. Addressing such highly contested subjects as race, class, gender, aesthetics, political religion, and the role
of the United States in the world, The American Intellectual Tradition , Sixth Edition, is invaluable for undergraduate courses in intellectual history. It is also an excellent supplement for graduate seminars and classes in American history, American studies, and American literature.

Volumes I and II now offer new selections from Charles Chauncy, Lester Frank Ward, Joseph Wood Krutch, David Lilienthal, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Peter Drucker, Ayn Rand, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Harold John Ockenaga, C. Wright Mills, Harold Cruse, John Rawls, Catherine Mackinnon, Sam Harris, and
Stewart Brand. The sixth edition also offers updated and expanded commentary and citations in the introductions and headnotes.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, American History

592 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 1989

About the author

Preston Hotchkis Professor of History (Emeritus)
University of California at Berkeley

One of the pre-eminent intellectual historians in and of the United States.

Past President of the Organization of American Historians (2010-2011); Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; former Guggenheim Fellow, Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, and Harmsworth Professor of the University of Oxford.

Reviews

[Scott Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Introduced to Hollinger's intellectual history from A Century of American Historiography by Banner. This was my favorite undergraduate book. It was excellent to revisit it after acquiring more of a background of each thinker.

[Karl H · Rating 1 out of 5]

100%. Pointless rambling nonsense book.

[Kim]

Read this while finishing a B.S. in History. Includes primary sources such as selections from Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, Samuel Willards, A Compleat Body of Divinity, John Adams' A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law, Madison's The Federalist "Number 51," and "Number 10." Enjoyed it very much! Used it to write a paper, "The Main Ideas of the American Enlightenment."

[Becca Young · Rating 5 out of 5]

Charles Capper is my professor at BU and he is by far my favorite professor at the university. His explanations for choosing the selections that he did for this volume are logical and progressive. Great anthology!

[Jacqueline · Rating 4 out of 5]

The writing style can be a little difficult to read, but a great collection of American writers with great insight on the founding and history or America and American thought.

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

very very very good anthology

[Jonathan]

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