Creating the American Mind: Intellect and Politics in the Colonial Colleges (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780847688302)

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: J. David Hoeveler
ISBN-10: 0847688305
ISBN-13: 9780847688302
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2002
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.38h x 5.98w x 1.06d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/15/2002 pg. 83