The Cold War and Academic Governance
Author | : Lionel Stanley Lewis |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0791414930 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780791414934 |
Rating | : 4/5 (934 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Cold War and Academic Governance written by Lionel Stanley Lewis and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the harassment of the Johns Hopkins University sinologist Owen Lattimore during the height of the Cold War on campus. It moves from detailing the specifics of Lattimore's case to a discussion of the broader themes of academic governance that the case exposed. With his meticulous dissection of this major event in United States academic history, Lewis shows us much about the workings of academic governance.