Christopher Newfield is Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

• * Introduction * I. The Meaning of a Majoritarian Society *1. The Three Crises and the Mass Middle Class *2. Declarations of Independence * II. The War on Equality *3. The Discrediting of Social Equality *4. The Market Substitute for Cultural Knowledge *5. From Affirmative Action to the New Economy *6. The Battle for Meritocracy *7. Diversity in the The Age of Pseudointegration * III. Market Substitutes for General Development *8. Facing the Knowledge Managers *9. English's Market Retreat *10. The Costs of Accounting *11. The Problem with Privatization *12. The Failure of Market Measures *13. Hiding the Cultural Contribution *14. The Half-Suffocation of University Reform * IV. The University and Its Enemies *15. The Blame-Academia Crowd: Culture War after 9/11 * Conclusion: Powers of the One Hundred Percent * Appendix: Flaws of the "Liberal Bias" Campaign * Notes * Index

Newfield's argument is original, his evidence varied and rich, and his historical narrative coherent. He situates the university in its broadest social context, and shows that the 'culture wars,' far from being a sideshow, have in fact cleverly been fomented by conservatives to reshape the values of the university, the world-view of its graduates, and the economy which it significantly shapes and which shapes it.

Christopher Newfield is Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

• * Introduction * I. The Meaning of a Majoritarian Society *1. The Three Crises and the Mass Middle Class *2. Declarations of Independence * II. The War on Equality *3. The Discrediting of Social Equality *4. The Market Substitute for Cultural Knowledge *5. From Affirmative Action to the New Economy *6. The Battle for Meritocracy *7. Diversity in the The Age of Pseudointegration * III. Market Substitutes for General Development *8. Facing the Knowledge Managers *9. English's Market Retreat *10. The Costs of Accounting *11. The Problem with Privatization *12. The Failure of Market Measures *13. Hiding the Cultural Contribution *14. The Half-Suffocation of University Reform * IV. The University and Its Enemies *15. The Blame-Academia Crowd: Culture War after 9/11 * Conclusion: Powers of the One Hundred Percent * Appendix: Flaws of the "Liberal Bias" Campaign * Notes * Index

Newfield's argument is original, his evidence varied and rich, and his historical narrative coherent. He situates the university in its broadest social context, and shows that the 'culture wars,' far from being a sideshow, have in fact cleverly been fomented by conservatives to reshape the values of the university, the world-view of its graduates, and the economy which it significantly shapes and which shapes it.

Christopher Newfield is Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

• * Introduction * I. The Meaning of a Majoritarian Society *1. The Three Crises and the Mass Middle Class *2. Declarations of Independence * II. The War on Equality *3. The Discrediting of Social Equality *4. The Market Substitute for Cultural Knowledge *5. From Affirmative Action to the New Economy *6. The Battle for Meritocracy *7. Diversity in the The Age of Pseudointegration * III. Market Substitutes for General Development *8. Facing the Knowledge Managers *9. English's Market Retreat *10. The Costs of Accounting *11. The Problem with Privatization *12. The Failure of Market Measures *13. Hiding the Cultural Contribution *14. The Half-Suffocation of University Reform * IV. The University and Its Enemies *15. The Blame-Academia Crowd: Culture War after 9/11 * Conclusion: Powers of the One Hundred Percent * Appendix: Flaws of the "Liberal Bias" Campaign * Notes * Index

Newfield's argument is original, his evidence varied and rich, and his historical narrative coherent. He situates the university in its broadest social context, and shows that the 'culture wars,' far from being a sideshow, have in fact cleverly been fomented by conservatives to reshape the values of the university, the world-view of its graduates, and the economy which it significantly shapes and which shapes it.