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David A. . Ed(S): Hollinger - The Humanities And The Dynamics Of Incl - 9780801883903 - V9780801883903
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The Humanities And The Dynamics Of Incl

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Description for The Humanities And The Dynamics Of Incl Hardback. S. Latin American Studies, 1940-2000" Editor(s): Hollinger, David A. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; H. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
The role played by the humanities in reconciling American diversity-a diversity of both ideas and peoples-is not always appreciated. This volume of essays, commissioned by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, examines that role in the half century after World War II, when exceptional prosperity and population growth, coupled with America's expanded political interaction with the world abroad, presented American higher education with unprecedented challenges and opportunities. The humanities proved to be the site for important efforts to incorporate groups and doctrines that had once been excluded from the American cultural conversation. Edited and introduced by David Hollinger, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801883903
SKU
V9780801883903
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About David A. . Ed(S): Hollinger
David A. Hollinger is Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History at the University of California, Berkeley and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Reviews for The Humanities And The Dynamics Of Incl
The close reading required by these essays is well worth the time.
Marcia G. Synnott Journal of American History 2007

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