Wisdom's Workshop: The Rise of the Modern University

(Part of the The William G. Bowen Series Series)

by James Axtell

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An essential history of the modern research university

When universities began in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory IX described them as "wisdom's special workshop." He could not have foreseen how far these institutions would travel and develop. Tracing the eight-hundred-year evolution of the elite research university from its roots in medieval Europe to its remarkable incarnation today, Wisdom's Workshop places this durable institution...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691149593

ISBN13:9780691149592

Release Date:March 2016

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:2.02 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"

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