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The True Professional Ideal in America. A History.
Bruce A. Kimball
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Description for The True Professional Ideal in America. A History.
Paperback. Bruce A. Kimball attacks the widely held assumption that the idea of American "professionalism" arose from the proliferation of urban professional positions during the late nineteenth century. This first paperback edition of The "True Professional Ideal" in America argues that the professional ideal can be traced back to the colonial period. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; KCF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Bruce A. Kimball attacks the widely held assumption that the idea of American "professionalism" arose from the proliferation of urban professional positions during the late nineteenth century. This first paperback edition of The "True Professional Ideal" in America argues that the professional ideal can be traced back to the colonial period. This comprehensive intellectual history illuminates the profound relationships between the idea of a "professional" and broader changes in American social, cultural, and political history.
Bruce A. Kimball attacks the widely held assumption that the idea of American "professionalism" arose from the proliferation of urban professional positions during the late nineteenth century. This first paperback edition of The "True Professional Ideal" in America argues that the professional ideal can be traced back to the colonial period. This comprehensive intellectual history illuminates the profound relationships between the idea of a "professional" and broader changes in American social, cultural, and political history.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847681433
SKU
V9780847681433
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99-15
About Bruce A. Kimball
Bruce A. Kimball is Professor of Education at the University of Rochester and is the author of Orators and Philosophers: A History of the Idea of Liberal Education (1986).
Reviews for The True Professional Ideal in America. A History.
[T]he best history of American professions to date. This book will become a classic of intellectual and social history.
Harold Perkin, Northwestern University a veritable ^Rsumma^I on the professions.
R Sheldon Rothblatt, University of California, Berkeley Absolutely wonderful. It cannot fail to become a landmark in the literature not only of professionalization, but also of intellectual history more ... Read more
Harold Perkin, Northwestern University a veritable ^Rsumma^I on the professions.
R Sheldon Rothblatt, University of California, Berkeley Absolutely wonderful. It cannot fail to become a landmark in the literature not only of professionalization, but also of intellectual history more ... Read more