The opening of the American mind : canons, culture, and history /

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Main Author: Levine, Lawrence W
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, c1996
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. A historian in wonderland. Through the looking glass. Pt. 2. Learning and legitimacy. The discipline and furniture of the mind: the clash over the classical curriculum
  • Looking eastward: the career of western civ
  • English and American: a tale of two literatures
  • Canons and culture. Pt. 3. The search for American identity. From the melting pot to the pluralist vision
  • The troublesome presence
  • The ethnic dynamic
  • Explanations
  • Multiculturalism: historians, univerisities, and the emerging nation