Creating the American Mind

By J. Hoeveler, J. David. Hoeveler, J. David Hoeveler

Subjects: 18th century, Education, higher, united states, History - U.S., Higher Education, United States - Colonial Period, American history: c 1500 to c 1800, History: American, Universities / polytechnics, Universities and colleges, USA, United States, Universities and colleges, united states, Education, Higher, 17th century, History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), History, United States - 18th Century, American History

Description: "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 dealt with 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 comprehensive 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."--BOOK JACKET.