u003cbu003eWinner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfictionu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003ciu003eAnti-Intellectualism in American Lifeu003c/iu003e is a book which throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not merely to portray the scorners of intellect in American life, but to say something about what the intellectual is, and can be, as a force in a democratic society.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e "As Mr. Hofstadter unfolds the fascinating story, it is no crude battle of eggheads and fatheads. It is a rich, complex, shifting picture of the life of the mind in a society dominated by the ideal of practical success." --Robert Peel in the u003ciu003eChristian Science Monitor u003c/iu003e
