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Academia in upheaval : origins, transfers, and transformations of the communist academic regime in Russia and East Central Europe
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Academia in upheaval : origins, transfers, and transformations of the communist academic regime in Russia and East Central Europe

Author: Michael David-Fox; György Péteri
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : Conference publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The author raises critical questions about the future of presidents as public leaders who address moral concerns within and beyond the gates of the academies.

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Genre/Form: Congresses
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Academia in upheaval.
Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2000
(OCoLC)606452388
Material Type: Conference publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael David-Fox; György Péteri
ISBN: 0897897080 9780897897082 0897897420 9780897897426
OCLC Number: 43207169
Description: xi, 334 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: On the origins and demise of the communist academic regime / Michael David-Fox and György Péteri --
The formation of the Soviet Academy of Sciences / Vera Tolz --
The assault on the universities and the dynamics of Stalins̕ "Great Break," 1928-1932 / Michael David-Fox --
Stalinism and science / Paul Josephson --
The Sovietization of higher education in the Czech Lands, East Germany, and Poland / John Connelly --
Lysenkoism in Europe / Nikolai Krementsov --
Science between two worlds / György Péteri --
The academy versus the rest / Stephen Fortescue --
How willing are scientists to reform their own institutions? / Loren R. Graham --
On the legacy of state socialism in academia / György Péteri --
Scholars steer their ships / Linda Lucia Lubrano.
Responsibility: edited by Michael David-Fox and György Péteri.

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