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245 10 a| Capital of mindh| [electronic resource] :b| the idea of a modern American university /c| Adam R. Nelson.;

260 a| Chicago ;a| London :b| The University of Chicago Press,c| 2024.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1. The idea of a "university", 1812-18. Charlottesville; A plan of a university in Virginia; The literary fund; Cambridge (via Göttingen); Our young geniuses in Boston; The state of literature in Germany; Every science deemed useful; No one will buy what no one has offered to sell -- Part II. The economy of knowledge, 1818-1824. Crises. The late riot at Göttingen; The inadequacy of the funds for the university; Controversies...and curricula; A professor of political economy; The science of wealth; Competition!; If we can ever have a university at Cambridge; Intellectual economy -- Part III. The industrialization of ideas, 1824-1830. Cosmopolitanism/commercialism; To improve our science, as we have done our manufactures, by borrowed skill; Filled by foreigners; Conflict; Modern views of liberal education; Friedrich List; Catalyst; Intellectual power; An honorable competition with the universities of Europe -- Conclusion -- Afterword.;

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520 a| "In the second volume of his planned trilogy that will recast the history of the university in a fresh and surprising light, Adam R. Nelson aims to show how knowledge, which had been commodified starting in the late eighteenth century, became industrialized in the nineteenth century. Nelson explains how the idea of the modern university arose from a set of institutional and ideological reforms designed to foster the mass production and mass consumption of knowledge--that is, the industrialization of ideas. Fusing the history of higher education with the history of capitalism, Nelson suggests that this "marketization" of knowledge propelled the institutionalization of the university, far earlier than previously understood"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Capital of mind the idea of a modern American university / Adam R. Nelson.

Author/creator	Nelson, Adam R.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Description	xvii, 476 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Universities and colleges--United States. --History. --19th century. Education, Higher--United States. --History. --19th century. Education, Higher--Economic aspects. --United States. --History. --19th century. Capitalism and education--United States. Capitalism--Social aspects. --United States. --History. --19th century. United States--Intellectual life. --19th century.

Contents	Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1. The idea of a "university", 1812-18. Charlottesville; A plan of a university in Virginia; The literary fund; Cambridge (via Göttingen); Our young geniuses in Boston; The state of literature in Germany; Every science deemed useful; No one will buy what no one has offered to sell -- Part II. The economy of knowledge, 1818-1824. Crises. The late riot at Göttingen; The inadequacy of the funds for the university; Controversies...and curricula; A professor of political economy; The science of wealth; Competition!; If we can ever have a university at Cambridge; Intellectual economy -- Part III. The industrialization of ideas, 1824-1830. Cosmopolitanism/commercialism; To improve our science, as we have done our manufactures, by borrowed skill; Filled by foreigners; Conflict; Modern views of liberal education; Friedrich List; Catalyst; Intellectual power; An honorable competition with the universities of Europe -- Conclusion -- Afterword.
Abstract	"In the second volume of his planned trilogy that will recast the history of the university in a fresh and surprising light, Adam R. Nelson aims to show how knowledge, which had been commodified starting in the late eighteenth century, became industrialized in the nineteenth century. Nelson explains how the idea of the modern university arose from a set of institutional and ideological reforms designed to foster the mass production and mass consumption of knowledge--that is, the industrialization of ideas. Fusing the history of higher education with the history of capitalism, Nelson suggests that this "marketization" of knowledge propelled the institutionalization of the university, far earlier than previously understood"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2023010341
ISBN	9780226829203 (cloth)
ISBN	(ebook)

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