New York intellect : a history of intellectual life in New York City, from 1750 to the beginnings of our own time

Remarkable history -- superb in research, insight, and interpretation... The book is full of fascinations. -- New Yorker Contents Prologue: New York City and the Condition of Intellect Part I. Civic Culture 1. The Emergence of City Culture in New York 2. Patricians and Artisans 3. A University of the City Part II. Literary Culture Toward a Metropolitan Sensibility The Metropolitan Gentry : Culture Against Politics The Modem Literary Intellectual Part III. Academic Culture 7. A Metropolitan University 8. Professors as Intellectuals Part IV. An International Capital of Culture 9. Refiguration Notes Index Thomas Bender. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [347]-394.