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Anti-intellectualism in American life 1963
By Richard Hofstadter, Richard Hofstadter, Adam Verner, Richard Hofstadter
- Intellectuals, Civilization, United States, Intellectuels
Portrays the rise of anti-intellectualism in America during the McCarthy era.
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Classical in form, cool, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- First published
- 1963
- Pages
- 434
- Publisher
- Cape, Tecnos, Lafred A. Knopf
- Editions
- 37
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780394415352
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