Traces the evolution of intellectual writing and thinking, from its origins in Puritan beliefs to essays on diversity and postmodernity. Addressing various themes, this anthology is suitable for undergraduate courses in American intellectual history.

This two-volume anthology brings together some of the most historically significant writings in American intellectual history. The only collection of its kind, "The American Intellectual Tradition, Fifth Edition", includes classic works in history, politics, social commentary, economics, law literature, and philosophy. Organized chronologically into thematic sections, it traces the evolution of intellectual writing and thinking from it origins in Puritan beliefs to the most recent essays on diversity and post-modernity. A short introduction by the authors precedes each work and both volumes include detailed chronologies and bibliographic material. Offering several new selections, this new edition addresses additional themes, including aesthetics, cultural criticism, Americanism, and race, gender, and sexuality.

Preface
PART ONE: THE PURITAN VISION ALTERED
Introduction
John Winthrop
John Cotton
Anne Hutchinson
Roger Williams
Cotton Mather
Jonathan Edwards
PART TWO: REPUBLICAN ENLIGHTENMENT
Introduction
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
"Brutus"
James Madison
Judith Sargent Murray
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
PART THREE: PROTESTANT AWAKENING AND DEMOCRATIC ORDER
Introduction
William Ellery Channing
Nathaniel William Taylor
Charles Grandison Finney
John Humphrey Noyes
William Lloyd Garrison
Sarah Grimke
George Bancroft
Orestes Brownson
Catharine Beecher
Henry C. Carey
PART FOUR: ROMANTIC INTELLECT AND CULTURAL REFORM
Introduction
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
Margaret Fuller
Henry David Thoreau
Horace Bushnell
Herman Melville
PART FIVE: THE QUEST FOR UNION AND RENEWAL
Introduction
John C. Calhoun
Louisa McCord
George Fitzhugh
Martin Delany
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Chronologies