Produktbild: The Transatlantic World of Higher Education
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The Transatlantic World of Higher Education Americans at German Universities, 1776-1914

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

15.03.2013

Verlag

Ingram Publishers Services

Seitenzahl

344

Maße (L/B/H)

23,5/15,7/2,3 cm

Gewicht

650 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-85745-782-0

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

15.03.2013

Verlag

Ingram Publishers Services

Seitenzahl

344

Maße (L/B/H)

23,5/15,7/2,3 cm

Gewicht

650 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-85745-782-0

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: The Transatlantic World of Higher Education
  • Acknowledgments
    Note on Sources and Quotations

    Introduction

    Chapter 1. Movement and the History of Higher Education

    • Educational Dynamics
    • Five Phases of Educational Reform and Student Migration, 1760s-1914
    • Transatlantic Dynamics: Linking War and Education in America and Europe
    • Regional Dynamics: The South in the History of US Higher Education
    • Disciplinary Dynamics: Revisiting the Ideal of “German Science”
    • Summary

    Chapter 2. US Student Numbers at Göttingen, Halle, Heidelberg, and Leipzig

    • The Challenges of Numbers
    • Revisiting Existing Scholarship
    • Different Student Statuses
    • US Student Numbers Abroad I: Statistical Overview
    • US Student Numbers Abroad II: Developments over Time
    • Comparison: Total Student Numbers
    • US Students’ Backgrounds: Regional Origins and Socio-Economic Backgrounds
    • Religion
    • Age
    • Summary

    Chapter 3. The German University, Masculinity, and “The Other”

    • White Men vs. the Other?
    • Matriculation Procedures for White Able-Bodied American Men
    • African American Men
    • Gay American Men
    • White US Women
    • Blind and Deaf Americans
    • Summary

    Chapter 4. Choosing a University: The Case of Leipzig

    • The Appeal of Innovation
    • Interdisciplinary Collaborations at Leipzig
    • Antiquated Leipzig up to 1830
    • On the Eve of Greatness: The Mid-Nineteenth Century
    • Leipzig’s Sudden Heyday
    • Leipzig’s Decline since the Late 1890s
    • Summary

    Chapter 5. Transatlantic Academic Networking

    • The Idea of German-American Networks in Science and Scholarship
    • US Students’ Faculty Choices at Halle and Leipzig
    • Transatlantic Routes of Study
    • Patterns in Transatlantic Mentor-Disciple Relationships
    • Women’s Roles in Academic Networks
    • Case Study: Wilhelm Wundt and his American Disciples
    • Summary

    Chapter 6. Networking Activitiesof Leipzig’s American Colony

    • Formal and Informal Networking
    • The American Students Club
    • The American Church
    • A Central Leipzig-American Networker: Caspar René Gregory
    • Hospitable Families, the Knauths, and US Consuls
    • Family and Friends
    • Housing Matters
    • Summary

    Chapter 7. Forging American Culture Abroad

    • Approaching a Foreign Culture
    • The Guide Book
    • Language Considerations
    • Impressions of German Student Life
    • Reflecting German Student Culture in Activities of the American Students Club
    • Little America in Leipzig
    • Summary

    Chapter 8. Returning Home

    • The German Venture and the Transformation of US Higher Education
    • Shifting the Scientific-Scholarly Focus to North America
    • Scouting Young Academic Talent in Europe
    • Women’s Colleges as a Career Boost
    • The Ph.D. Degree
    • Material Improvements I: Libraries and Books
    • Material Improvements II: Laboratories, Apparatuses, and Journals
    • Summary

    Conclusion

    Appendix I: Tables
    Appendix II: List of Leipzig Professors of Interest to US Students
    Appendix III: List of Leipzig-American Dissertations

    Bibliography