{"product_id":"the-higher-learning-in-america-thorstein-veblen-9781421416779","title":"The Higher Learning in America: The Annotated Edition: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first scholarly edition of Thorstein Veblen's classic indictment of the corporate model of American university governance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its publication in 1918, Thorstein Veblen's \u003ci\u003eThe Higher Learning in America\u003c\/i\u003e has remained a text that every serious student of the American university must confront. Intellectual historian Richard Teichgraeber brings us the first scholarly edition of Veblen's classic, thoroughly edited, annotated, and indexed. An extensive introduction discusses the book's composition and publishing history, Veblen's debts to earlier critics of the American university, and the place of \u003ci\u003eThe Higher Learning in America\u003c\/i\u003e in current debates about the American university.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeblen's insights into the American university system at the outset of the twentieth century are as provocative today as they were when first published. Insisting that institutions of higher learning should be dedicated solely to the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, he urged American universities to abandon commitments to extraneous pursuits such as athletics, community service, and vocational education. He also believed that the corporate model of governance--with university boards of trustees dominated by well-to-do businessmen and university presidents who functioned essentially as businessmen in academic dress--mandated unsavory techniques of salesmanship and self-promotion that threatened to reduce institutions of higher learning to the status of competitive business enterprises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a detailed chronology, suggested readings, and comprehensive notes identifying events, individuals, and institutions to which Veblen alludes, this volume is sure to become the standard teaching text for Veblen's classic work and an invaluable resource for students of both the history and the current workings of the American university.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorstein Veblen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421416778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421416779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015","brand":"Thorstein Veblen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072941355263,"sku":"9781421416779","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9eb7e289-f440-41d6-92c8-c80c90593537.jpg?v=1685444852","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-higher-learning-in-america-thorstein-veblen-9781421416779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}