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Intellect and Public Life: Essays on the Social History of Academic Intellectuals in the United States - Hardcover

Bender

 
9780801844331: Intellect and Public Life: Essays on the Social History of Academic Intellectuals in the United States

Synopsis

At a time of much unease in academia and among the general public about the relation of intellect to public life, Thomas Bender explores both the nineteenth-century origins and the twentieth-century configurations of academic intellect in the United States.

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Review

"Thomas Bender is our foremost cartographer of the intellect, the Mercator of the American mind." -- New York History



"A finely wrought picture of academic life before disciplinary professionalization.." -- Daniel T. Rogers, History of Education Quarterly



"In this excellent collection... Bender's essays suggest an ingenious account, both intellectual and spatial, of the growth of professional society." -- Peter Scott, Times Higher Education Supplement



"The topic is a fascinating one, which is studied here with stimulating brevity and perception." -- Rosemary Park, Change

Book Description

Thomas Bender explores both the nineteenth-century origins and the twentieth-century configurations of academic intellect in the United States.

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