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Author:   Sharon Haar
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.717kg
ISBN:  

9780816665648

ISBN 10:   0816665648
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   09 February 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Contents Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. New Institutions for a New Environment: Pedagogical Space in the Progressive City 2. City as Laboratory: Hull-House and the Rise of the Chicago School 3. Modern City, Modern Campus: Institutional Expansion and Urban Renewal in the Post-War Era 4. Classrooms off the Expressway: A New Mission for Higher Education 5. ""Model of the Modern Urban University"": The New Spatial Form of the Chicago Circle Campus 6. Campus Revolt: The Reform of the Commuter University 7. City as Campus: University Space in the Global City Conclusion Notes Index"

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<p> In The City as Campus , Sharon Haar illuminates the highly-charged relationship of higher education to the American metropolis, using as a case study the University of Illinois, Chicago, the exemplary model of the massive urban commuter campus that has become the dominant form of higher education in so many metropolitan regions. --Robert Fishman, University of Michigan

In The City as Campus, Sharon Haar illuminates the highly-charged relationship of higher education to the American metropolis, using as a case study the University of Illinois, Chicago, the exemplary model of the massive urban commuter campus that has become the dominant form of higher education in so many metropolitan regions. --Robert Fishman, University of Michigan

In <i>The City as Campus</i>, Sharon Haar illuminates the highly-charged relationship of higher education to the American metropolis, using as a case study the University of Illinois, Chicago, the exemplary model of the massive urban commuter campus that has become the dominant form of higher education in so many metropolitan regions. Robert Fishman, University of Michigan</p>

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Sharon Haar is associate professor of architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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