 In 1941, Brownell wrote "The Philosopher in Chaos", which was an attempt to make head and tail of the modern world.From 1944 to 1947, Brownell resided in Montana, where he directed a community service project, the Montana Study, which, though initially financed by the Rockefeller Foundation, was jointly sponsored by the Humanities Division of the Rockefeller Foundation and the University of Montana.The Montana Study entailed a program of teaching and field studies in American culture that emphasized the western region of the United States.