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Allies and rivals : German-American exchange and the rise of the modern research university /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levine, Emily J. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > History > 19th century.
Universities and colleges > United States > History > 19th century.
Universities and colleges > Germany > History > 19th century.
Education, Higher > United States > German influences.
Education, Higher > United States > History > 19th century.
Education, Higher > Germany > History > 19th century.
Germany > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Germany.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the university's century
  • The Humboldtian contract and the federalist origins of the research university
  • Gottingen at Baltimore : the stakes of knowledge exchange
  • Meet me in St. Louis : dilemmas of the knowledge economy
  • Reluctant innovators : change from the margins
  • An "aristocracy of excellence" : the rise of the professions
  • Carnegie, capital, and the Kaiser
  • World War I and the invention of academic freedom
  • The "hour for experiment" in New York and Frankfurt
  • 1933 : annus horribilis
  • 1933 : annus mirabilis
  • Conclusion : old dilemmas, new contracts.