Technology's Dilemma: Agricultural Colleges between Science and Practice in Germany, 1860-1934

by Jonathan Harwood

In recent decades critics in several countries have complained that education in agriculture, engineering and medicine has drifted away from an earlier practical orientation, becoming increasingly irrelevant to actual needs. Since existing histories have surprisingly little to say about the causes of such 'academic drift', this book develops a model of institutional dynamics which explains why different institutions have evolved closer to the worlds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3039102990
• ISBN13: 9783039102990
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"