Al-Qaeda goes to college : impact of the war on terror on American higher education / / James Ottavio Castagnera ; foreword by Daniel J. Julius
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| Autore: |
Castagnera James
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| Titolo: |
Al-Qaeda goes to college : impact of the war on terror on American higher education / / James Ottavio Castagnera ; foreword by Daniel J. Julius
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| Pubblicazione: | Westport, Connecticut : , : Praeger Publishers, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 379.73 |
| Soggetto topico: | Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States |
| War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 | |
| Domestic terrorism - United States | |
| Academic freedom - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | JuliusDaniel J. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-197) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 artifa |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Al-Qaeda goes to college |
| ISBN: | 0-313-36428-1 |
| 0-313-36429-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456380903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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