Description
Book SynopsisUnique and accessible history of higher education in the US which reveals its intimate relationship with American capitalism
Trade Review'The Capitalist University is a tour de force -- a welcome successor to Thorstein Veblen's classic The Higher Education in America. Heller carefully explains how the university system is used to shape students and society as a whole to reinforce and expand the influence of capitalism. Nonetheless, Heller shows how some scholars were still able to generate valuable critical knowledge' -- Michael Perelman, Professor of Economics at California State University, author of The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation; Manufacturing Discontent: The Trap of Individualism in a Corporate Society; and Railroading Economics: The Cre
'Informed and comprehensive' -- Review 31
'Should be read by anyone who is concerned with the transformation of universities into factories of commodified learning' -- Counterfire
'Thought-provoking and inspiring' -- Americana: E-Journal of American Studies in Hungary
'Well worth a read: the survey of ideas across a range of disciplines is most impressive' -- History of Education
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
1. The Birth of the Corporate University
2. The Humanities and Social Sciences in The Cold War (1945-60)
3. The Sixties
4. The Retreat from History (1980-2008)
5. The Neoliberal University
Notes
Bibliography
Index
