American academic culture in transformation : fifty years, four disciplines / edited with an introduction by Thomas Bender and Carl E. Schorske ; foreword by Stephen R. Graubard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bender, Thomas.

Schorske, Carl E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Curricula--United States--History--20th century.

Universities and colleges.

Economics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History--20th century.

Economics.

Political science--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History--20th century.

Political science.

Philosophy--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History--20th century.

Philosophy.

Literature--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History--20th century.

Literature.

Research--United States--History--20th century.

Research.

History.

Literature--Study and teaching (Higher).

Philosophy--Study and teaching (Higher).

Political science--Study and teaching (Higher).

Economics--Study and teaching (Higher).

Universities and colleges--Curricula.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 371 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1998.

Summary:

In the half century since World War II, American academic culture has changed profoundly. Academic figures who have helped to produce many of these changes explore how four disciplines in the social sciences and humanities--political science, economics, philosophy, and literary studies--have been transformed. The book compares the different paths these disciplines have followed and the consequent alterations in their relations to the larger public.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

"Originally published as the Winter 1997 Issue of Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (vol. 126, no. 1)"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

0691058245

OCLC:

39310768