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1 online resource (288 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-240) and index. |
| Summary |
Can the ivory tower rise above capitalism? Or are the humanities and social sciences merely handmaids to the American imperial order? The Capitalist University surveys the history of higher education in the United States over the last century, revealing how campuses and classrooms have become battlegrounds in the struggle between liberatory knowledge and commodified learning. Henry Heller takes readers from the ideological apparatus of the early Cold War, through the revolts of the 1960s and on to the contemporary malaise of postmodernism, neoliberalism and the so-called 'knowledge economy' of academic capitalism. He reveals how American educational institutions have been forced to decide between teaching students to question the dominant order and helping to perpetuate it. Accessible in style, 'The Capitalist University' presents a comprehensive overview of a topic which affects millions of students in America and increasingly, across the globe. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The birth of the corporate university -- The humanities and social sciences in the Cold War (1945-1960) -- The sixties -- The retreat from history (1980-2008) -- The neoliberal university. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- United States -- History.
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Education, Higher. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Education, Higher -- United States -- Finance.
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Finance. |
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Capitalism and education -- United States.
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Capitalism and education. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Heller, Henry. Capitalist university. The transformations of higher education in the United States (1945-2016). London : Pluto Press 2016 9780745336589 (OCoLC)957546499 |
| ISBN |
9781783719754 (electronic book) |
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1783719753 (electronic book) |
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9781783719761 |
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1783719761 |
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9780745336589 |
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0745336582 |
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