The American Intellectual Tradition

by Charles Capper

Book Overview

Revised and updated, the fifth 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195183401
• ISBN13: 9780195183405
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.1" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Compendium of American Thought

Volume II of Hollinger and Capper's work is as excellent as the first.Volume II contains contributions from American writers such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Susan Sontag, Malcolm X, Rienhold Niebuhr, Noam Chomsky, John Crowe Ransom, Betty Friedan, John Dewey, W.E.B. DuBois, H.L. Mencken, Jane Addams, Woodrow Wilson, Samuel Huntington, etc.Volume II traces the developments of race relations in America, the advancement of minorities and women in America, American foreign relations, insight into the state of the South after the Civil War, the effect of transportation revolutions on interstate travel as well as traces the development of Pragmatism, America's contribution to the world of Philosophy from Charles Sanders Peirce to William James to Thomas Kuhn to Richard Rorty.Simply put, the topical treatment of this work is first rate and the collection of these various works is a creditable contribution to the field of American Intellectual History.