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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Betty S. AndersonPublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780292726918ISBN 10: 0292726910 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 01 November 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Administrators and Students: Agency and the Educational Process Chapter 2. The Unity of Truth: Classical and Liberal Educational Systems Chapter 3. Making Men: Religion, Education, and Character Building Chapter 4. Making Women: The Goals of Coeducation Chapter 5. Student Activism: The Struggle for Arab Nationalism Chapter 6. ""Guerrilla U"": The Contested Nature of Authority Chapter 7. Rebuilding AUB: Reaffirming Liberal Education Notes Bibliography Index"Reviews"""In sum, The American University of Beirut is written from an innovative perspective and makes a persuasive argument. It will set the standard for research and writing about the history of the university for many years to come. Carefully crafted, this book is a page turner for those interested in the history of the Middle East as well as for historians of higher education more generally. Last but not least, this book serves the field by putting the Middle East on the map of emerging global history of the 1968 student protests, a much needed and well-timed intervention."" - Aleksandra Majstorac-Kobiljski, Middle East Journal" In sum, The American University of Beirut is written from an innovative perspective and makes a persuasive argument. It will set the standard for research and writing about the history of the university for many years to come. Carefully crafted, this book is a page turner for those interested in the history of the Middle East as well as for historians of higher education more generally. Last but not least, this book serves the field by putting the Middle East on the map of emerging global history of the 1968 student protests, a much needed and well-timed intervention. - Aleksandra Majstorac-Kobiljski, Middle East Journal Author InformationBetty S. Anderson is Associate Professor of Middle East History at Boston University. She is the author of Nationalist Voices in Jordan: The Street and the State, as well as numerous articles on Middle Eastern education, politics, and nationalism. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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