Research Catalog

Title

Remarks on the needed reform of German studies in the United States / John Van Cleve, A. Leslie Willson.

Author

Van Cleve, John Walter.

Publication

Columbia, SC : Camden House, ©1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

Willson, A. Leslie (Amos Leslie), 1923-2007.

Description

x, 104 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

This book describes in blunt terms the current crisis in German studies in the United States, as reflected primarily in the shrinking numbers of German-language students, and proposes reasonable solutions. Written by two Germanists, its purpose is to provoke debate, to promote discussion, and to bring about reform.

Series Statement

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture

Uniform Title

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture

Alternative Title

Reform of German studies

Subject

• German philology > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States
• Civilization, Germanic > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States
• Civilization, Germanic > Study and teaching (Higher)
• German philology > Study and teaching (Higher)
• Germanistikstudium
• Kritik
• Germanistiek
• Hervormingen
• Philologie allemande > Étude et enseignement (supérieur) > États-Unis
• Civilisation allemande > Etude et enseignement (Supérieur) > Etats-Unis
• United States
• USA
• USA

Note

• Title on spine: The reform of German studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]-100) and index.

Contents

The crisis -- A critique of the field -- Agenda : The department -- Agenda : The training of graduate students -- Agenda: Business German, an object lesson -- Agenda : Local options for raising enrollment -- Agenda : An American canon -- Agenda : Teaching the language.

ISBN

• 1879751399
• 9781879751392

LCCN

92041038

OCLC

• ocm27035444
• 27035444
• SCSB-1979413

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library