The American University of Beirut

Informationen zum Autor Betty S. Anderson is Associate Professor of Middle East History at Boston University. She is the author of Nationalist Voices in Jordan: The Street and the State, as well as numerous articles on Middle Eastern education, politics, and nationalism. Klappentext This history of the American University of Beirut presents a rich 150-year process of conflict, cooperation, and growth that has balanced the goals of American liberal education with the quest for Arab national identity and empowerment. Zusammenfassung This history of the American University of Beirut presents a rich 150-year process of conflict, cooperation, and growth that has balanced the goals of American liberal education with the quest for Arab national identity and empowerment. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Administrators and Students: Agency and the Educational ProcessChapter 2. The Unity of Truth: Classical and Liberal Educational SystemsChapter 3. Making Men: Religion, Education, and Character BuildingChapter 4. Making Women: The Goals of CoeducationChapter 5. Student Activism: The Struggle for Arab NationalismChapter 6. "Guerrilla U": The Contested Nature of AuthorityChapter 7. Rebuilding AUB: Reaffirming Liberal EducationNotesBibliographyIndex

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This history of the American University of Beirut presents a rich 150-year process of conflict, cooperation, and growth that has balanced the goals of American liberal education with the quest for Arab national identity and empowerment.

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• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Administrators and Students: Agency and the Educational Process
• Chapter 2. The Unity of Truth: Classical and Liberal Educational Systems
• Chapter 3. Making Men: Religion, Education, and Character Building
• Chapter 4. Making Women: The Goals of Coeducation
• Chapter 5. Student Activism: The Struggle for Arab Nationalism
• Chapter 6. "Guerrilla U": The Contested Nature of Authority
• Chapter 7. Rebuilding AUB: Reaffirming Liberal Education
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index