Research Catalog

Title

The university at war, 1914-25 : Britain, France, and the United States / Tomás Irish.

Author

Irish, Tomás, 1984-

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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Description

x, 254 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"How did universities come to be central players in the prosecution of the First World War? The war, defined for many by battlefield stalemate and trench warfare, brought ideas into the front line for the first time, as scholars and scholarship worked with national governments to provide answers to the many challenging questions it posed. Drawing on examples from Britain, France, and the United States, The University at War, 1914-25 examines how universities were mobilized in wartime and the ethical challenges which this in turn posed for educational institutions. The wartime experiences of academia helped shape many modern educational practices and systems of higher education and saw scholars emerge from their 'ivory towers' in the guise of experts"--

Subject

• World War, 1914-1918 > Great Britain > Education and the war
• World War, 1914-1918 > France > Education and the war
• World War, 1914-1918 > United States > Education and the war
• Universities and colleges > Great Britain > History > 20th century
• Universities and colleges > France > History > 20th century
• Universities and colleges > United States > History > 20th century
• Education, Higher > Great Britain > History > 20th century
• Education, Higher > France > History > 20th century
• Education, Higher > United States > History > 20th century
• HISTORY / Europe / France
• HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
• HISTORY / Military / World War I
• HISTORY / Study & Teaching
• HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: MOBILIZING FOR WAR -- 1. The University Goes to War -- 2. The Application of Specialist Knowledge -- 3. War at the University -- PART II: THE CONSEQUENCES OF MOBILIZATION -- 4. Toward Cultural Alliance -- 5. The Organizational Challenges of War -- 6. Fashioning an Expert Peace -- PART III: LEGACY -- 7. Returning to Normal? -- 8. Internationalism after the War, 1918-25 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

ISBN

• 9781137409447 (hardback)
• 1137409444 (hardback)

LCCN

^^2014050067

OCLC

• 894540422
• SCSB-10831741

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library