American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of higher education
American Campus Podcast
Classical liberals and Know-Nothings on higher learning with James Chandler
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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
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References and suggested readings:
- James Chandler. 2026. The Know-Nothing Campaign Against Higher Learning. Prickly Paradigm Press.
- Robert Mackey. April 18, 2026. Trump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church. The Guardian.
- Alexis de Tocqueville. Democracy in America.
- Wendy Brown. 2017. Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution. Zone Books.
- Sam Moyn 2024. Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times. Yale University Press.
- Adam Smith. The Wealth of Nations.
- Tyler G. Anbinder. 1994. Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings and the Politics of the 1850s. Oxford University Press
- Laura K. Field. 2025. Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right. Princeton University Press.
- Jennifer Pitts. Kayfabe, Trolling, Satire, and Cynicism. Prickly Paradigm Press blog.
- Richard Hofstadter. 1966. Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. Vintage.
- Thorstein Veblen. 1918. The Higher Learning in America: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men. Open Access PDF.
- American Campus episodes on Thorstein Veblen and with Laura Field on Furious Minds.
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