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Autore |
Castagnera James Ottavio |
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Titolo |
Al-Qaeda Goes to College : Impact of the War on Terror on American Higher Education / / James Ottavio Castagnera |
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Westport, CT : , : Praeger, , 2011 |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2023 |
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9798400608926 |
9780313364280 |
0313364281 |
9780313364297 |
031336429X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Education |
Higher & further education, tertiary education |
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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 (pages [171]-197) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The enemy within?: Al Qaeda's academic sympathizers -- Domestic terrorists (I): the crazies -- Domestic terrorists (II): the animal advocates -- With friends like these: government regulation of academia -- Raiders of the lost relics -- Counter-terrorism is big business on college campuses -- The Saudi Arabian windfall -- Anthropologists go to war -- Conclusion: summing up: far more wins than losses for our industry. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume is the first book-length treatment of how the 9/11 attacks and the American political scene afterward have affected higher education in this country. It covers topics such as: universities' roles in training counter-terrorism experts, particularly anthropologists working in Iraq and Afghanistan; bio-terrorism research on campuses; inflammatory critiques by the likes of Ward Churchill; the conspiracy theories advocated by some academics regarding 9/11; lawsuits against universities by terror victims trying to get settlements from countries like Iran by seizing archaeological artifacts in American universities; accused Islamists teaching at American colleges, like Sami |
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