| Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip-Mining of American Culture Contributor(s): Washburn, Katharine (Editor), Thornton, John F. (Editor), Simon, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0393317234 ISBN-13: 9780393317237 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1997 Annotation: With vigor, wit, learning, common sense, and urgency, 23 essayists--including John Simon, Cynthia Ozick, Phillip Lopate, George F. Kennan, Sven Birkerts, Joseph Epstein, and Brad Leithauser--examine aspects of our pan-cultural "dumbing down" and offer diagnoses of a possible cures for this wasting disease. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.097 |
| LCCN: 95025469 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.11" W x 9.25" (1.10 lbs) 332 pages |
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| Publisher Description: With vigor, wit, learning, common sense, and urgency, twenty-three essayist--including John Simon, Cynthia Ozick, Phillip Lopate, George F. Kennan, Sven Birkerts, Joseph Epstein, and Brad Leithauser--examine aspects of our pan-cultural dumbing down and offer both diagnoses of and possible cures for this wasting disease. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thornton, John F.: - John Thornton was a book editor for many years and now works as a literary agent. He lives in New York.Washburn, Katharine: - Katharine Washburn is an editor and translator. She lives in New York. |