The University and the City by Thomas Bender
This book contains an innovative and important series of studies of the complex relations of major cities associated with key moments in the history of higher learning in the West. By exploring the interplay of university learning and civic culture over the centuries, Bender provides a novel perspective on the history of both universities and cities. The theme is pursued in studies of Bologna, Paris, Florence, Leiden, Geneva, Edinburgh, London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Chicago, and New York by several distinguished scholars, including Gene Brucker, Carl Schorske, Edward Shils, Martin Jay, and Nathan Glazer.
The relationship between universities and their cities is examined.. comprehensively by this collection of essays, which spans the years from the establishment of the first universities in Bologna and Paris at the beginning of the 13th century to the present state of urban universities in New York ... The editor, Thomas Bender, is a highly regarded cultural and intellectual historian * Choice *
Thomas Bender is the Dean of the Humanities at the Faculty of Arts and Science at New York University, as well as a University Professor of the Humanities and a history professor. Toward an Urban Vision, Community and Social Development in America, New York Intellect, and Budapest and New York: Studies in Metropolitan Transformation, 1870-1930 are among his many publications.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195067750 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195067754 |
| Title | The University and the City |
| Author | Thomas Bender |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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