LEADER 03955nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910781545703321 005 20230113180340.0 010 $a0-292-73498-0 024 7 $a10.7560/726918 035 $a(CKB)2550000000073619 035 $a(OCoLC)772057124 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10519729 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000550916 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11360307 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000550916 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10524722 035 $a(PQKB)11670454 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443578 035 $a(OCoLC)864844395 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse590 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443578 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10519729 035 $a(DE-B1597)587903 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292734982 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000073619 100 $a20110630d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe American University of Beirut $eArab nationalism and liberal education /$fBetty S. Anderson 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (281 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-292-72691-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1 ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENTS. Agency and the Educational Process -- $t2 THE UNITY OF TRUTH. Classical and Liberal Educational Systems -- $t3 MAKING MEN. Religion, Education, and Character Building -- $t4 MAKING WOMEN. The Goals of Coeducation -- $t5 STUDENT ACTIVISM. The Struggle for Arab Nationalism -- $t6 ?GUERRILLA U?. The Contested Nature of Authority -- $t7 REBUILDING AUB. Reaffirming Liberal Education -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aSince the American University of Beirut opened its doors in 1866, the campus has stood at the intersection of a rapidly changing American educational project for the Middle East and an ongoing student quest for Arab national identity and empowerment. Betty S. Anderson provides a unique and comprehensive analysis of how the school shifted from a missionary institution providing a curriculum in Arabic to one offering an English-language American liberal education extolling freedom of speech and analytical discovery. Anderson discusses how generations of students demanded that they be considered legitimate voices of authority over their own education; increasingly, these students sought to introduce into their classrooms the real-life political issues raging in the Arab world. The Darwin Affair of 1882, the introduction of coeducation in the 1920s, the Arab nationalist protests of the late 1940s and early 1950s, and the even larger protests of the 1970s all challenged the Americans and Arabs to fashion an educational program relevant to a student body constantly bombarded with political and social change. Anderson reveals that the two groups chose to develop a program that combined American goals for liberal education with an Arab student demand that the educational experience remain relevant to their lives outside the school's walls. As a result, in eras of both cooperation and conflict, the American leaders and the students at the school have made this American institution of the Arab world and of Beirut. 606 $aEducation, Higher$zArab countries 606 $aEducation, Humanistic$zArab countries 606 $aNationalism$zArab countries 615 0$aEducation, Higher 615 0$aEducation, Humanistic 615 0$aNationalism 676 $a378.5692/5 700 $aAnderson$b Betty S$g(Betty Signe),$f1965-$0783334 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781545703321 996 $aThe American University of Beirut$93693963 997 $aUNINA