The Life of the Mind in America
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| Author | Perry Miller |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World |
Publication date | 1965 |
The Life of the Mind in America: From the Revolution to the Civil War is a nonfiction history book by Perry Miller. It won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for History.[1][2][3] Miller writing about "Evangelical Basis" (Book one), "The Legal Mentality" (Book two), "Science" (Book three).[4] Book three was incomplete. The Life of the Mind was published posthumously.
The Evangelical Basis has generated the most infulence.[5] The Legal Mentality has been relativey neglectured.[6]
Refereences[edit]
- ^ Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 304–. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2.
- ^ Heinz Dietrich Fischer; Erika J. Fischer (1994). American History Awards, 1917-1991: From Colonial Settlements to the Civil Rights Movement. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 229–. ISBN 978-3-598-30177-3.
- ^ "1966 Winners". pulitzer.org. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Max Byrd, Book Review, Harvard Crimson, September 25, 1965.
- ^ Alfred Kazin, On Perry Miller, NY Rev. of Books (Nov 25, 1965).
- ^ Lawrence Friedman, Heart against Head, 77 Yale Law Journal 1244 (1968).
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