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Wisdom's Workshop: The Rise of the Modern University - The William G. Bowen Series
James Axtell
Wisdom's Workshop: The Rise of the Modern University - The William G. Bowen Series
James Axtell
When universities began in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory IX described them as "wisdom's special workshop." He could not have foreseen how far these institutions would travel and develop. Tracing the eight-hundred-year evolution of the elite research university from its roots in medieval Europe to its remarkable incarnation today, Wisdom's Workshop
416 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 1, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9780691149592 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 416 |
Dimensions | 244 × 169 × 36 mm · 884 g |
Language | English |