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With Apologies to the Bear
Rorty, James | October 10, 1936 issue

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This article focuses on the book "Mainland," by Gilbert Seldes. The book contains occasional passages of accurate and intelligent perception, not, however, particularly novel. For the most part it is an astonishingly naive, pseudo-patriotic, tub-thumping appeal to the U.S. middle class. In his glib survey of history, economics and the arts, Seldes sees many things that aren't there, overlooks a number of fundamental problems that have occupied more serious students and misrepresents by quotations taken out of context a score or so of his contemporaries.

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MAINLAND (Book); UNITED States -- History; UNITED States -- Economic conditions; SELDES, Gilbert; MIDDLE class; UNITED States
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