Between Citizens and the State - The Politics of American Higher Education in the 20th Century

About the author

Christopher P. Loss

Summary

This book tracks the dramatic outcomes of the federal government's growing involvement in higher education between World War I and the 1970s, and the conservative backlash against that involvement from the 1980s onward. Using cutting-edge analysis, Christopher Loss recovers higher education's central importance to the larger social and political hi

Product details

• Authors: Christopher P. Loss, Loss Christopher P.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2014
• EAN: 9780691163345
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16334-5
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Politics and Society in Modern America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Central / national / federal government policies, Higher education, tertiary education, Central government policies, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher