ZEBRAS OF THE WORLD, DISUNITE! [Cover title]

Wilmington, Delaware: The Wemyss Foundation, [circa 1966. Date mentioned in the text]. 10 pages. Original printed wraps. 23 x 15 cm. Very good plus. Minor soiling to wraps. FIRST EDITION. An essay on social conformity, the impact of technology, and cultural change in post-war America. Fishwick writes: "Once upon a time every man was a tiger. He roamed the jungle (that is, the open marketplace) with stealthy tread and padded paw. . . . Then came the day of the zebra, with his gray-flannel stripes, togetherness, and tendency to run scared. Twenty years after World War II, old warriors ask: has the Land of the Free become a Zooful of Zebras?" (p. 1). The title and theme are derived from Tom Wolfe's senior thesis at Washington and Lee University, “A Zooful of Zebras: Anti-Intellectualism in the United States“ (1951). Fishwick was Wolfe's mentor at Washington and Lee, and Wolfe called him "the most magnetic teacher I have ever known" (“Encyclopedia Virginia)“. Ref. Fishwick's introduction to the Tom Wolfe issue of “The Journal of American Culture“ (vol. 14, no. 3, 1991.) Marshall William Fishwick (1923-2006) established the American Studies program at Washington and Lee and taught there during 1949-1962. A pioneer in the field of popular culture studies, he co-founded the Popular Culture Association and started the journal, “International Popular Culture“. He also taught at Lincoln University, Temple, and Virginia Tech. In 1962-1964, he was director of the American History Studies and Research project for the Wemyss Foundation, the publisher of the present pamphlet. We find only four copies in OCLC: Hagley Museum, Concordia Univ., Rice, and Texas A&M. �