Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hofstadter, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0394703170 ISBN-13: 9780394703176 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1966 Annotation: A book which throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not merely to portray the scorners of intellect in American life, but to say something about what the intellectual is, and can be, as a force in a democratic society. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Political Science | American Government - General |
Dewey: 973 |
LCCN: 00000000 |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.22" W x 8.02" (0.74 lbs) 464 pages |
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Publisher Description: Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction Anti-Intellectualism in American Life is a book which throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not merely to portray the scorners of intellect in American life, but to say something about what the intellectual is, and can be, as a force in a democratic society. As Mr. Hofstadter unfolds the fascinating story, it is no crude battle of eggheads and fatheads. It is a rich, complex, shifting picture of the life of the mind in a society dominated by the ideal of practical success. --Robert Peel in the Christian Science Monitor |