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Allies and Rivals : German-American Exchange and the Rise of the Modern Research University

By: Publication details: Chicago The University Of Chicago Press 2021ISBN:
  • 9780226341811
DDC classification:
  • 378.009034 LEV
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Contents:
Contents Introduction : the university's century; The Humboldtian contract and the federalist origins of the research university; Gottingen at Baltimore : the stakes of knowledge exchange; Meet me in St. Louis : dilemmas of the knowledge economy; Reluctant innovators : change from the margins; An "aristocracy of excellence" : the rise of the professions; Carnegie, capital, and the Kaiser; World War I and the invention of academic freedom; The "hour for experiment" in New York and Frankfurt; 1933 : annus horribilis; 1933 : annus mirabilis; Conclusion : old dilemmas, new contracts.
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Contents
Introduction : the university's century;
The Humboldtian contract and the federalist origins of the research university;
Gottingen at Baltimore : the stakes of knowledge exchange;
Meet me in St. Louis : dilemmas of the knowledge economy;
Reluctant innovators : change from the margins;
An "aristocracy of excellence" : the rise of the professions;
Carnegie, capital, and the Kaiser;
World War I and the invention of academic freedom;
The "hour for experiment" in New York and Frankfurt;
1933 : annus horribilis;
1933 : annus mirabilis;
Conclusion : old dilemmas, new contracts.