The Opening of the American Mind: Canons, Culture, and HistoryBeacon Press, 14. 8. 1997 - 240 strán (strany) Publicly greeted as the definitive answer to recent attacks on the university, Lawrence W. Levine's book is a brilliantly argued positive vision of American education and culture. |
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Learning and Legitimacy | 35 |
Looking Eastward The Career of Western Civ | 54 |
English and American A Tale of Two Literatures | 75 |
Canons and Culture | 91 |
The Search for American Identity | 103 |
The Ethnic Dynamic | 132 |
Explanations | 144 |
Multiculturalism Historians Universities | 158 |
Epilogue | 170 |
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The Opening of the American Mind: Canons, Culture, and History Lawrence W. Levine Zobrazenie úryvkov - 1996 |
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