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Titolo: | The liberal arts tradition [[electronic resource] ] : a documentary history / / Bruce A. Kimball |
Pubblicazione: | Lanham [Md.], : University Press of America, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (522 p.) |
Disciplina: | 370.11/2 |
Soggetto topico: | Education, Humanistic - United States - History |
Education, Humanistic - History | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | KimballBruce A. <1951-> |
Note generali: | Published in cooperation with the Association for Core Texts and Courses. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction. The disputed origins -- Section 1. Debates in antiquity -- Section 2. Late antiquity and middle ages : Christian appropriation, codification, and female imagery -- Section 3. In the modernus university, 1100s-1500 -- Section 4. The humanist and collegiate traditions, 1350-1600 -- Section 5. Humanist, scholastic, and sectarian strains in the colonial college -- Section 6. Intellectual and social challenges to the college, 1790s-1850s -- Section 7. Struggle between the university and the college, 1860s-1900s -- Section 8. Experimentation and search for coherence, 1910s-1930s -- Section 9. The "Emerging Curricular Blueprint" of the mid-twentieth century -- Section 10. Approaching the past in the new millennium. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Based upon the author's twenty-five years of experience leading seminars concerning the history of liberal education, this collection presents a uniquely comprehensive and salient set of documents, ranging from Plato to Martha Nussbaum, while incorporating the neglected portrayal and discussion of women within the history of the liberal arts. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The liberal arts tradition |
ISBN: | 0-7618-5133-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910465104203321 |
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