Al-Qaeda Goes to College : Impact of the War on Terror on American Higher Education / / James Ottavio Castagnera
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Westport, CT : , : Praeger, , 2011 |
| London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2023 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 379.73 |
| Soggetto topico: | Education |
| Higher & further education, tertiary education | |
| 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 artifacts in American universities; accused Islamists teaching at American colleges, like Sami al-Arian at USF. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Al-Qaeda Goes to College |
| ISBN: | 9798400608926 |
| 9780313364280 | |
| 0313364281 | |
| 9780313364297 | |
| 031336429X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910974886003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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