Puritans and Pragmatists: Eight Eminent American Thinkers

by Paul K. Conkin and Paul Conklin

Book Overview

Eight brilliant and original American thinkers - Edwards, Franklin, John Adams, Emerson, Peirce, William James, Dewey, and Santayana - are the subject of this widely admired book by one of America's foremost writers of intellectual history. In this study, the author finds a degree of continuity and some elements of underlying unity in the varied and idiosyncratic thoughts of these men. Instead of superficial similarities, he emphasizes a common...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481314637
• ISBN13: 9781481314633
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 505 Pages
• Weight: 2.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"