Title
Ivory towers and nationalist minds: Universities, leadership, and the Development of the American State
Files
Document Type
Book
Description/Summary
Ivory Towers and Nationalist Minds traces the rise of the great American universities through their formative years, 1862-1920, examining the role of these schools and their leadership in shaping American politics and public policy. Nemec's provocative study demonstrates that universities provided the intellectual and institutional apparatus needed to legitimize federal authority. His work challenges existing scholarship by documenting how the influx of academic expertise into the developing American state was fostered by campus entrepreneurs seeking to establish the social relevance of their institutions, rather than by the state itself.
ISBN
9780472099122
Publication Date
2006
Publication Information
Nemec, M. R. (2006). Ivory towers and nationalist minds: Universities, leadership, and the Development of the American State. University of Michigan Press. DOI: 10.3998/mpub.132220
Recommended Citation
Nemec, Mark R., "Ivory towers and nationalist minds: Universities, leadership, and the Development of the American State" (2006). Politics Faculty Book and Media Gallery. 40.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/politics-books/40
Comments
Copyright 2006 the University of Michigan