Cultures, communities, and conflict : histories of Canadian universities and war /
Contributing to the social, intellectual and academic history of universities, the collection provides rich approaches to integral issues at the intersection of higher education and wartime, including academic freedom, gender, peace and activism on campus, and the challenges of ethnic diversity. The...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
[2012]
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| Summary: | Contributing to the social, intellectual and academic history of universities, the collection provides rich approaches to integral issues at the intersection of higher education and wartime, including academic freedom, gender, peace and activism on campus, and the challenges of ethnic diversity. The contributors place the historical university in several contexts, not the least of which is the university's substantial power to construct and transform intellectual discourse and promote efforts for change both on- and off-campus. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 321 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 vm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442645431 1442645431 |