The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Contributor(s): Menand, Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374528497 ISBN-13: 9780374528492 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: In an absorbing narrative about personalities and social history, Menand discusses the Metaphysical Club, an informal group that met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872, to talk about ideas. Members included Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., William James, and Charles Sanders Peirce. 21 photos. |
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BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Philosophy | Movements - Pragmatism - Philosophy | Individual Philosophers |
Dewey: 973.9 |
Physical Information: 1.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (1.10 lbs) 576 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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Publisher Description: The Metaphysical Club is the winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for History. |
Contributor Bio(s): Menand, Louis: - Louis Menand is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Metaphysical Club and American Studies. He is the Distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a staff writer at The New Yorker. |