New York Intellect: A History of Intellectual Life in New York City, from 1750 to the Beginnings of Our Own Time

Abstract

Cover Other Books by This Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgments Preface Prologue: New York City and the Condition of Intellect Part I: Civic Culture Chapter 1. The Emergence of City Chapter 2. Patricians and Artisans Chapter 3. A University of the City Part II: Literary Culture Chapter 4. Toward a Metropolitan Sensibility Chapter 5. The Metropolitan Gentry: Culture Against Politics Chapter 6. The Modern Literary Intellectual Part III: Academic Culture Chapter 7. A Metropolitan University Chapter 8. Professors as Intellectuals Part IV: An International Capital of Culture Chapter 9. Refiguration Notes