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Hope & scorn : eggheads, experts, and elites in American politics /

Michael Brown investigates the ever-fluctuating relationship between American intellectuals and national politics from the Eisenhower era to Obama's, a story of both persistence and evolution. In Brown's words, "intellectuals have been both whipping boys and wonder workers in American...

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Main Author:	Brown, Michael J. (Michael James) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Intellectuals > Political aspects > United States. United States > Politics and government > 20th century. United States > Politics and government > 21st century. HISTORY / United States / General.

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