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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