Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, Paperback/Richard Hofstadter

Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction . In this award-winning classic work of consensus history, Richard Hofstadter, author of The Age of Reform , examines the role of social movements in the perception of intellect in American life. -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