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Challenging the belief that blurring the boundaries between traditional academic fields promotes more integrated research and effective teaching, the author contends that the promise of interdisciplinarity is illusory and that critiques of established disciplines are often overstated and misplaced.

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"I congratulate Jerry Jacobs for the rigor of his research and the strenuousness of his arguments. There is revealing new information and necessary clarity and clarification in these pages. His critique of some of the most egregious assaults on the disciplines is especially noteworthy and the case studies are valuable. This is a book that we need." (Harvey J. Graff, author of The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City)"

In Defense of Disciplines

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 2/5/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226069296, 978-0226069296
      ISBN10: 022606929X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Challenging the belief that blurring the boundaries between traditional academic fields promotes more integrated research and effective teaching, the author contends that the promise of interdisciplinarity is illusory and that critiques of established disciplines are often overstated and misplaced.

      Trade Review
      "I congratulate Jerry Jacobs for the rigor of his research and the strenuousness of his arguments. There is revealing new information and necessary clarity and clarification in these pages. His critique of some of the most egregious assaults on the disciplines is especially noteworthy and the case studies are valuable. This is a book that we need." (Harvey J. Graff, author of The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City)"

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