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Autore |
Werner Anja |
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Titolo |
The transatlantic world of higher education [[electronic resource] ] : Americans at German universities, 1776-1914 / / Anja Werner |
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New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (343 p.) |
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Collana |
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European studies in American history ; ; v. 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American students - Germany - History |
American students - Germany - Social life and customs |
Americans - Education (Higher) - Germany - History |
Universities and colleges - Germany - History |
Education, Higher - United States - German influences |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[293]-316) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources and Quotations; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Movement and the History of Higher Education; Chapter 2 - US Student Numbers at Göttingen, Halle, Heidelberg, and Leipzig; Chapter 3 - The German University, Masculinity, and ""The Other""; Chapter 4 - Choosing a University: The Case of Leipzig; Chapter 5 - Transatlantic Academic Networking; Chapter 6 - Networking Activities of Leipzig's American Colony; Chapter 7 - Forging American Culture Abroad; Chapter 8 - Returning Home; Conclusion; Appendix 1 - Figures |
Appendix 2 - List of Leipzig Professors of Interest to US StudentsAppendix 3 - List of Leipzig-American Dissertations; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Between the 1760s and 1914, thousands of young Americans crossed the Atlantic to enroll in German-speaking universities, but what was it like to be an American in, for instance, Halle, Heidelberg, Göttingen, or Leipzig? In this book, the author combines a statistical approach with a biographical approach in order to reconstruct the history of these educational pilgrimages and to illustrate the interconnectedness of |
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