TY - BOOK AU - Liu,Catherine ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - American idyll: academic antielitism as cultural critique AV - HN90.E4 L58 2011 U1 - 305.5/52097309045 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Iowa City PB - University of Iowa Press KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - United States KW - Intellectuals KW - Education, Higher KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: populist idylls, cultural politics -- The problem with the meritocracy -- Ordinary Americans, average students -- The curious cult of religious practicality -- Against all experts: no experience necessary -- The new age of cultural studies: crisis in the PMC -- Conclusion; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=843304 ER -