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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Roy Lowe (Institute of Education, University of London, UK) , Yoshihito Yasuhara (Professor and Director of the Hiroshima Study Centre, Open University of Japan and Emeritus professor, the University of Hiroshima.)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.430kg ISBN: 9781138844827ISBN 10: 1138844829 Pages: 210 Publication Date: 12 October 2016 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education 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 ContentsIntroduction 1. From the Tigris to the Tiber: early knowledge networks 2. From the Indus to the Ganges: the spread of higher learning in ancient India 3. Along the Yellow River: the origins of higher learning in ancient China 4. Higher learning in ancient Korea, Vietnam and Japan 5. The coming of Islam 6. The golden age of Islam 7. The westward spread of Islam 8. Europe: a medieval backwater? 9. Conclusion: knowledge networks and the origins of higher learningReviewsAuthor InformationRoy Lowe was Head of the Department of Education at the University of Wales, Swansea. In 2002 he was awarded an OBE for ‘outstanding management’. He was for several years President of the UK History of Education Society and has published extensively on the history of schools and universities. Yoshihito Yasuhara is Professor and Director of the Hiroshima Study Centre, Open University of Japan and Emeritus Professor, the University of Hiroshima. He has published extensively in both Japanese and English on the reform of Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |