The Lost Promise
Download or Read eBook The Lost Promise PDF written by Ellen Schrecker and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Ellen Schrecker |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 632 |
Release | : 2021-12-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226200859 |
ISBN-13 | : 022620085X |
Rating | : 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Lost Promise by : Ellen Schrecker
Book excerpt: "Ellen Schrecker shows how universities shaped the 1960s, and how the 1960s shaped them. Teach-ins and walkouts-in institutions large and small, across both the country and the political spectrum-were only the first actions that came to redefine universities as hotbeds of unrest for some and handmaidens of oppression for others. The tensions among speech, education, and institutional funding came into focus as never before-and the reverberations remain palpable today"--