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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Menand, Louis. Marketplace of ideas. New York : W.W. Norton, 2010 (DLC) 2009030027 (OCoLC)286488147 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Louis Menand |
| ISBN: | 9780393062755 0393062759 0393339165 9780393339161 |
| OCLC Number: | 286488147 |
| Description: | 174 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The problem of general education -- The humanities revolution -- Interdisciplinarity and anxiety -- Why do professors all think alike? |
| Series Title: | Issues of our time (W.W. Norton & Company) |
| Responsibility: | Louis Menand. |
Abstract:
Sparking a debate about the future of American education, this title examines traditional university institutions, assessing what is worth saving and what is not.
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To anyone who has spent time on the inside, as they say, The Marketplace of Ideas is alternately bracing and chilling.... As ever, Menand writes like an angel, with the wry elan that made his previous book, The Metaphysical Club, such a winning exploration of the history of ideas.--Kirk Davis Swinehart Read more...
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