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Reflections on the University of California: From the Free Speech Movement to the Global University
Neil J. Smelser
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Hardback. Includes essays that offer an insider's perspective on three decades at a major American university during a time of political turmoil. This title focuses on a range of the issues that dominated virtually all institutions of higher learning during the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
These invaluable essays offer an insider's perspective on three decades at a major American university during a time of political turmoil. Neil J. Smelser, who spent thirty-six years as a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, sheds new light on a full range of the issues that dominated virtually all institutions of higher learning during the second half of the twentieth century. Smelser considers student activism - in particular the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley - political surprises, affirmative action, multiculturalism and the culture wars, and much more. As one of the leading sociologists of his generation, ... Read more
These invaluable essays offer an insider's perspective on three decades at a major American university during a time of political turmoil. Neil J. Smelser, who spent thirty-six years as a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, sheds new light on a full range of the issues that dominated virtually all institutions of higher learning during the second half of the twentieth century. Smelser considers student activism - in particular the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley - political surprises, affirmative action, multiculturalism and the culture wars, and much more. As one of the leading sociologists of his generation, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520260962
SKU
V9780520260962
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About Neil J. Smelser
Neil J. Smelser is University Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Social Edges of Psychoanalysis and The Odyssey Experience among many other books.
Reviews for Reflections on the University of California: From the Free Speech Movement to the Global University
"Lucid, enduring. [Smelser] is also a wicked satirist." Harvard Magazine