Creating the American mind : intellect and politics in the Colonial colleges

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.

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In this informative, erudite commentary on the role and significance of nine major colleges in Colonial North America, Hoeveler (Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) examines sermons, texts, collections, and pamphlets of leading Protestant minister as they preached orthodox Calvinistic doctrine or joined the ranks of those who favored, in neo-Edwardian terms, a religion of the heart. Part 1 reflects the English heritage of Anglicanism as it was rejected at Harvard; the emergence of a neo-orthodoxy at Yale; and the dominance of a fixed, but largely ignored, Anglicanism at William and Mary. Princeton in New Jersey, King's College in New York, and the College of Philadelphia are examined within the context of the Great Awakening. The Scottish Enlightenment, argues Hoeveler, was emphasized at Princeton because of the towering figure of John Witherspoon. Three colleges--Queen's, Rhode Island, and Dartmouth--were products of reformed religion as expressed from the pulpit of "New Light" gospellers. Part 2 puts these American colleges into a marriage of convenience with Lockean rationalism and offers a positive affirmation of the American Revolutionary spirit. Hoeveler's marvelous narrative and intellectual depth reflect brilliant handling of the material. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Most collections. J. D. Born Jr. Wichita State University

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Hoeveler (history, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), the author of several books on intellectual history, examines here the role of the nine colleges present in America at the time of the American Revolution-Harvard, Yale, William and Mary, the College of New Jersey (Princeton), King's College (Columbia), the College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania), Queens College (Rutgers), Rhode Island College (Brown), and Dartmouth-in the development of American intellect, theology, and politics. In this time of the myth of the apolitical university, Hoeveler contends that these colleges were political to the core and to attend a particular college meant to subscribe to a particular political and theological view. Understanding how these colleges and their faculties and graduates thought, he contends, means that one is better able to understand the Revolution and American culture and government. In the first part of the book, the author provides brief yet thorough institutional histories of the colleges, then weaves their roles together in the development of politics, revolution, and culture in America. His book is highly readable and well researched and will be a useful addition to most academic libraries.-Mark Bay, Cumberland Coll. Lib., Williamsburg, KY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Preface	p. ix
Illustration Credits	p. xv
Part I Institutions
1 Oxford and Cambridge	p. 3
2 Harvard I: School of the Puritans	p. 23
3 Yale: Precarious Orthodoxy	p. 53
4 William and Mary: Beleaguered Anglicanism	p. 79
5 The College of New Jersey: The Dangerous Middle	p. 101
6 King's College: Battle for New York	p. 129
7 The College of Philadelphia: The Perils of Neutrality	p. 155
8 Three from the Awakening: Rhode Island College, Queen's College, Dartmouth College	p. 181
9 Harvard II: A Liberal Turn	p. 213
Part II Politics, Revolution, and Intellectual Culture
10 The Colleges and the Revolution: New England	p. 241
11 The Colleges and the Revolution: South and Middle	p. 283
Postscript	p. 347
Bibliography	p. 351
Index	p. 363
About the Author	p. 381

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