The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s

by Ellen Schrecker

Book Overview

The Lost Promise is a magisterial examination of the turmoil that rocked American universities in the 1960s, with a unique focus on the complex roles played by professors as well as students.

The 1950s through the early 1970s are widely seen as American academia's golden age, when universities--well-funded and viewed as essential for national security, economic growth, and social mobility--embraced an egalitarian mission. Swelling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022620085X
• ISBN13: 9780226200859
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"