Transforming Cities and Minds through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity, and Environment (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780826519047)

Written by engaged scholars and practitioners, Transforming Minds and Cities is an "instrument-for-action" on the problems faced by U.S. cities that have suffered from decades of disinvestment. The book advocates the concept of reciprocal knowledge: real learning on both sides, campus and city, through a complex network of human relationships.

Across the country from Camden to Oakland, the contributors engaged with community partners--hospitals, churches, community development corporations, community foundations, and other rooted institutions--to help restore old cities to life. Their collaborative thesis project engaged them with one another and university staff; it may offer a new paradigm for graduate education.

Author: Lorlene Hoyt
ISBN-10: 0826519040
ISBN-13: 9780826519047
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/22/2013
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d