[[File:The_Metaphysical_Club.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|<i>The Metaphysical Club</i> by Louis Menard]]
Intellectual history is an intriguing field because it is by its very nature cross-disciplinary. While these books may be in arguably different fields (History of Sex, History of Religion, Legal History, History of Technology, Political History, etc.) they are all, at their core, deeply concerned with the history of ideas. Intellectual history is not the history of old, white philosophers stroking their beards behind mahogany desks.
One of the books on this list, ''The Metaphysical Club'', has already appeared on one of our lists in the past because not only is an outstanding book exploring the philosophical concept of pragmatism, but it helped illuminate the history of the Gilded Age. Nathan Hatch's book ''The Democratization of Christianity'' looks at the Second Great Awakening and is a preeminent book of American Religious History. Still, the Second Great Awakening was not just a religious movement because contained important intellectual ideas that changed the course of American history. Each of these books, in their own way, accomplish this delicate balancing act.
As with all of our lists, if you disagree with the lists feel free to create and a new and better version of it. #Louis Menand, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/metaphysical-club-a-story-of-ideas-in-america-9780374528492product/0374528497/ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=41307UTF8&p_ti camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0374528497&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=OS2CJXULSWU3LCJ2 The Metaphysical Club]'' (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002)#Irving H. Bartlett, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/product/american-mind-in-the-mid-nineteenth-century-97808829580950882958097/ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=413070882958097&p_ti linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ZKZPRUQ6BF6WHC3G The American Mind in the Mid-Nineteenth Century]'' (Wiley-Blackwell, 1982)#Anne C. Rose, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/product/voices-of-the-marketplace-american-thought-and-culture-1830-1860-97807425326320742532631/ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0742532631&linkCode=as2&tag=41307dailyh0c-20&p_ti linkId=OF4Z7BHWIGYB5XU5 Voices of the Marketplace: American Thought and Culture, 1830-1860]'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004)#Kenneth Cmiel, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/democratic-eloquence-the-fight-over-popu-9780520074859product/0520074858/ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=413070520074858&p_ti linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=NW32KDNZBRAIJILJ Democratic Eloquence: The Fight Over Popular Speech in 19th Century America]'' (University of California Press, 1991)#Nancy Isenberg, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/sex-citizenship-in-antebellum-america-9780807847466product/0807847461/ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=413071789&p_ti creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807847461&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=XSKAIZD6QTV3OB2G Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America]'' (UNC Press, 1998)#Lewis Perry, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/product/0742522504/boats-against-the-current-american-culture-between-revolution-modernity-1820-1860-american-culture-between-revolution-modernity-1820-1860-9780742522503ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=41307UTF8&p_ti camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0742522504&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=WUKLVAJS44U446HX Boats Against the Current: American Culture Between Revolution and Modernity, 1820-1860]'' (Oxford University Press, 1993)#Rosalind Rosenberg, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/product/0300030924/beyond-separate-spheres-intellectual-roots-of-modern-feminism-9780300030921ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300030924&linkCode=41307as2&p_ti tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=VEXUWTOLTD3NA56J Beyond Separate Spheres: Intellectual Roots of Modern Feminism]'' (Yale University Press, 1983)#Leo Marx, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/product/019513351X/machine-in-the-garden-technology-the-pastoral-ideal-in-america-9780195133516ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=413071789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=019513351X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&p_ti linkId=KSN47QUMWCKS65RT The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America]'' (Oxford University Press, 2000 - 35th Anniversary Edition)#Nathan O. Hatch, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/democratization-of-american-christianity-9780300050608product/0300050607/ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=41307UTF8&p_ti camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300050607&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=RVHSVIO3BGUYVSQW The Democratization of American Christianity]'' (Yale University Press, 1989)#Jeffrey Sklansky, ''[http://www.powellsamazon.com/bookgp/souls-economy-market-society-and-selfhood-in-american-thought-1820-1920-9780807827253product/0807853984/ref=as_li_tl?partneridie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807853984&linkCode=as2&tag=41307dailyh0c-20&p_ti linkId=DSAVBRPDHCQZRXMS The Soul's Economy: Market Society and Selfhood in American Thought, 1820-1920]'' (UNC Press, 2002)
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