Seeing the World: How US Universities Make Knowledge in a Global Era

Author:   Mitchell Stevens ,  Cynthia Miller-Idriss ,  Seteney Shami
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   74
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9780691158693


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   06 February 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Mitchell Stevens ,  Cynthia Miller-Idriss ,  Seteney Shami
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   74
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780691158693


ISBN 10:   069115869
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   06 February 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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Seeing the World combines impressive ambition and empirical depth with a powerful comparative approach to make a significant contribution to our understanding of area studies. --Jason Owen-Smith, University of Michigan This is a vital book. The debate about the role of universities in global understanding starts here. This short book is full of insights about how the world has shaped American universities and how universities have shaped what we think about the world. --Jeremy Adelman, Princeton University With extensive interviews and other data, Seeing the World explains critical variations in understanding area studies and the mechanisms that enable their interdisciplinary reproduction in leading US universities. This book should not only clarify thinking about the international missions of US universities, but also improve how their globalizing knowledge networks function in practice. --Michael D. Kennedy, Brown University Seeing the World addresses an interesting and weighty question: Why are the social sciences so poorly represented in area studies? The authors and their collaborators conducted and analyzed a treasure trove of interviews with leading academics in area studies, particularly Middle East studies, and the book provides both empirical and theoretical advances. --Jerry A. Jacobs, University of Pennsylvania


Seeing the World combines impressive ambition and empirical depth with a powerful comparative approach to make a significant contribution to our understanding of area studies. -Jason Owen-Smith, University of Michigan With extensive interviews and other data, Seeing the World explains critical variations in understanding area studies and the mechanisms that enable their interdisciplinary reproduction in leading US universities. This book should not only clarify thinking about the international missions of US universities, but also improve how their globalizing knowledge networks function in practice. -Michael D. Kennedy, Brown University This is a vital book. The debate about the role of universities in global understanding starts here. This short book is full of insights about how the world has shaped American universities and how universities have shaped what we think about the world. -Jeremy Adelman, Princeton University Seeing the World addresses an interesting and weighty question: Why are the social sciences so poorly represented in area studies? The authors and their collaborators conducted and analyzed a treasure trove of interviews with leading academics in area studies, particularly Middle East studies, and the book provides both empirical and theoretical advances. -Jerry A. Jacobs, University of Pennsylvania


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Mitchell L. Stevens is associate professor of education at Stanford University. Cynthia Miller-Idriss is associate professor of education and sociology at American University. Seteney Shami is a program director at the Social Science Research Council and founding director of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences.

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