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Author:

Baker, David, 1952 January 5- author.

Title:

The schooled society : the educational transformation of global culture / David P. Baker.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xv, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Education--Social aspects.
Social change.
Education and globalization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : a quiet revolution -- From education revolution to the schooled society -- Constructing culture : academic intelligence, social status, and human rights -- The incredible longevity of the Western university -- Mass education and the super research university -- Constructing reality : ice cream, women's studies, and the MBA -- The educational transformation of work -- Credentialing in the schooled society -- The transformation of knowledge and truth claims -- Failure, redemption, and the construction of the self -- An educated polity : the universal solvent and the political paradox -- An educated laity : the education-religion paradox -- Conclusion : the schooled society and beyond : ubiquitous, formidable, and noisy.

ISBN:

0804790477 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804790475 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804787360 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804787369 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)865536983

LCCN:

2014006099

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)