Focuses on the changing definitions of intellectual life in New York City, discussing how the aspirations for the European pattern of intellectual life and the historical and sociological conditions of the city produced a distinctive cultural formation
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"A model of cultural history... [Bender] makes his case for New York with the conviction that he knows what is genuinely distinct~ive and valuable in the life of a great city and that his view of the matter is not only true to the reality of its history but important to those who hold democratic ideals." -- New York Times Book Review
"A model of cultural history... ÝBender¨ makes his case for New York with the conviction that he knows what is genuinely distinct~ive and valuable in the life of a great city and that his view of the matter is not only true to the reality of its history but important to those who hold democratic ideals." -- New York Times Book Review
"A model of cultural history... [Bender] makes his case for New York with the conviction that he knows what is genuinely distinct~ive and valuable in the life of a great city and that his view of the matter is not only true to the reality of its history but important to those who hold democratic ideals." -- New York Times Book Review
'New York Intellect' is Thomas Bender's remarkable look at the connections between the life of a city and the life of the mind. New York has never been comfortable or convenient as a milieu for art and intellect, Bender notes. Yet New Yorkers have always struggled to create institutions and styles of thought and writing that reflect the special character of the city, its boundless energies and deep divisions.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover, xix, 422 pp., unclipped illustrated jacket in Brodart sleeve. A book in excellent condition; jacket's flaps are age-toned but excellent condition overall. A major social history of the intellectual life of New York City -- the story of how, over three centuries, a minor colonial settlement became the capital of modern thought. Seller Inventory # 025538