Building the Ivory Tower : : Universities and Metropolitan Development in the Twentieth Century / / LaDale C. Winling.
Today, universities serve as the economic engines and cultural centers of many U.S. cities, but how did this come to be? In Building the Ivory Tower, LaDale Winling traces the history of universities' relationship to the American city, illuminating how they embraced their role as urban develope...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Politics and Culture in Modern America
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 46 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction The Landscape of Knowledge
- Chapter 1. The Gravity of Capital
- Chapter 2. The City Limits
- Chapter 3. Origins of the University Crisis
- Chapter 4. Radical Politics and Conservative Landscapes
- Chapter 5. The Working Class Versus the Creative Class
- Epilogue. The New Contested City
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments