The American mind; an interpretation of American thought and character since the 1880’s
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Publication Year
1950
Publisher
Yale University Press, United States
Pages
476
Subject
National characteristics, American. United States --Civilization. United States --Intellectual life --1865-1918. United States --Intellectual life --20th century.
Description
pt. 1. The nineteenth-century American -- The watershed of the nineties -- Transition years in literature and journalism -- John Fiske and the evolutionary philosophy -- William James and the impact of pragmatism -- Determinism in literature -- The cult of the irrational -- The traditionalists -- Religious thought and practice -- pt. 2. Lester Ward and the science of society -- Thorstein Veblen and the new economics -- The literature of revolt -- The transition in historical literature -- Innovators in historical interpretation: Turner, Parrington, Beard -- Toward a new science of politics -- The applications of political theory -- The evolution of American law -- Masters of the new jurisprudence: Pound and Holmes -- Architecture and society -- The twentieth-century American.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-467).
Number of Copies
1
