The American Intellectual Tradition: A SourcebookVolume I: 1630-1865

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

Part of a two-volume set, this anthology brings together some of the most historically significant documents in American intellectual history from 1633 to the mid-1800s.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, American History

488 pages, Hardcover

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 · 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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