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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter, Adam Verner | Winking Fig

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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Richard Hofstadter, Adam Verner

1963·434 pages·Nonfiction

History & Politics

★ Pulitzer Prize (1964) · Winner National Book Award (1964) · Nominee

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.

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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Richard Hofstadter, Adam Verner

★ Pulitzer Prize (1964) · Winner National Book Award (1964) · Nominee

Year

1963

Pages

434

Type

Nonfiction

History & Politics

Description

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.

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