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The Worlds of American Intellectual History by Isaac, Joel & Isaac, Senior Lecturer In The History Of Modern Political Thought Joel & Kloppenberg, Charles Warren Professor Of American History James T & Kloppenberg, James T. & O'Brien, Michael & Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The essays in this book demonstrate the breadth and vitality of American intellectual history. Their core theme is the diversity of both American intellectual life and of the frameworks that we must use to make sense of that diversity. The Worlds of American Intellectual History has at itsheart studies of American thinkers. Yet it follows these thinkers and their ideas as they have crossed national, institutional, and intellectual boundaries. The volume explores ways in which American ideas have circulated in different cultures. It also examines the multiple sites--from socialmovements, museums, and courtrooms to popular and scholarly books and periodicals--in which people have articulated and deployed ideas within and beyond the borders of the United States. At these cultural frontiers, the authors demonstrate, multiple interactions have occurred - some friendly andmutually enriching, others laden with tension, misunderstandings, and conflict. The same holds for other kinds of borders, such as those within and between scholarly disciplines, or between American history and the histories of other cultures. The richness of contemporary American intellectual history springs from the v
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Isaac, Joel & Isaac, Senior Lecturer In The History Of Modern Political Thought Joel & Kloppenberg, Charles Warren Professor Of American History James T & Kloppenberg, James T. & O'Brien, Michael & Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780190459475
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Humanities