The growth of American thought
By: by Merle Curti
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Harper & Bros.
Published: 1943
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 848
Subjects: Intellectual life; Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 755-816) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The American adaptation of the European heritage: A variety of peoples bequeath legacies to the new nation; title: Colonial conditions modify the old world heritage; title: The Christian heritage; title: The transmission of polite learning and of scientific interests; title: The rise of the Enlightenment; title: pt. 2. The growth of Americanism: The revolutionary shift in emphasis; title: The expanding Enlightenment; title: The conservative reaction; title: pt. 3. Patrician leadership: Patrician direction of thought; title: Nationalism challenges cosmopolitanism and regionalism; title: The West challenges patrician leadership; title: pt. 4. Democratic upheaval: New currents of equalitarian thought and practice; title: The advance of science and technology; title: The popularization of knowledge; title: New goals for democracy; title: The rising tide of patriotism and nationalism; title: pt. 5. Triumph of nationalism in social and political thought: Cultural regionalism in the old South; title: The thrust of the Civil War in intellectual life; title: The nature of the new nationalism; title: Business and the life of the mind; title: pt. 6. The assertion of individualism in a corporate age of applied science: The delimitation of supernaturalism; title: Evolutionary thought in a utilitarian society; title: Professionalization and popularization of learning; title: Formulas of protest and reform; title: The conservative defense; title: pt. 7. Optimism encounters diversion, criticism, and contraction: America recrosses the oceans; title: Prosperity, disillusionment, criticism; title: Crisis and new searches.