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Author:

Levine, Lawrence W.

Title:

The opening of the American mind : canons, culture, and history / Lawrence W. Levine.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

c1996

Description:

xxiv, 212 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Intellectual life.
Education, Higher--United States.
Educación superior--Estados Unidos
Nationale identiteit.
Canon.
Universiteiten.
Enseignement supérieur--États-Unis.
États-Unis--Vie intellectuelle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-201) and index.

Contents:

Pt. 1. A historian in wonderland. Through the looking glass. Pt. 2. Learning and legitimacy. The discipline and furniture of the mind: the clash over the classical curriculum -- Looking eastward: the career of western civ -- English and American: a tale of two literatures -- Canons and culture. Pt. 3. The search for American identity. From the melting pot to the pluralist vision -- The troublesome presence -- The ethnic dynamic -- Explanations -- Multiculturalism: historians, univerisities, and the emerging nation.

ISBN:

9780807031186 (cloth)
0807031186 (cloth)

LCCN:

96033866

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PGAX715 -- Northwest Iowa Community College Library - Sheldon (Sheldon)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)