Description
Book SynopsisThis history of the American University of Beirut presents a rich 150-year process of conflict, cooperation, and growth that has balanced the goals of American liberal education with the quest for Arab national identity and empowerment.
Trade Review"In sum, The American University of Beirut is written from an innovative perspective and makes a persuasive argument. It will set the standard for research and writing about the history of the university for many years to come. Carefully crafted, this book is a page turner for those interested in the history of the Middle East as well as for historians of higher education more generally. Last but not least, this book serves the field by putting the Middle East on the map of emerging global history of the 1968 student protests, a much needed and well-timed intervention." - Aleksandra Majstorac-Kobiljski, Middle East Journal
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Administrators and Students: Agency and the Educational Process
- Chapter 2. The Unity of Truth: Classical and Liberal Educational Systems
- Chapter 3. Making Men: Religion, Education, and Character Building
- Chapter 4. Making Women: The Goals of Coeducation
- Chapter 5. Student Activism: The Struggle for Arab Nationalism
- Chapter 6. "Guerrilla U": The Contested Nature of Authority
- Chapter 7. Rebuilding AUB: Reaffirming Liberal Education
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
