Critical theory by Serge Guilbaut. Chapters include "New York, 1935 - 1941 : The De-Marxization of the Intelligentsia," "The Second World War and the Attempt to Establish an Independent American Art," "The Creation of an American Avant-Garde, 1945 - 1947" and "Success : How New York Stole the Notion of Modernism from the Parisians, 1948."