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by J. David Hoeveler (Author)
The nine colleges of colonial America confronted the major political currents of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, while serving as the primary intellectual institutions for Puritanism and the transition to Enlightenment thought. The colleges also confronted the most partisan and divisive cultural movement of the eighteenth century--the Great Awakening.
Creating the American Mind is the first book to present a synthetic treatment of the colonial colleges, tracing their role in the intellectual development of early Americans through the Revolution. Distinguished historian J. David Hoeveler focuses on Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, the College of New Jersey (Princeton), King's College (Columbia), the College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania), Queen's College (Rutgers), the College of Rhode Island (Brown), and Dartmouth. Hoeveler pays special attention to the collegiate experience of prominent Americans, including Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison. Written in clear and engaging prose, Creating the American Mind will be of great value to historians and educators interested in rediscovering the institutions that first fostered American intellectual thought.Author Biography
J. David Hoeveler is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. His books include James McCosh and the Scottish Intellectual Tradition: From Glasgow to Princeton and The Postmodernist Turn: American Thought and Culture in the 1970s.
Number of Pages: 512
Dimensions: 1.06 x 9.38 x 5.98 IN
Publication Date: November 13, 2002
