New York Intellect. This item is unavailable.New York Intellect

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

"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