Wisdom's Workshop: The Rise of the Modern University

by James Axtell

Book Overview

An essential history of the modern research university

When universities began in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory IX described them as "wisdom's special workshop." He could not have foreseen how far these institutions would travel and develop. Tracing the eight-hundred-year evolution of the elite research university from its roots in medieval Europe to its remarkable incarnation today, Wisdom's Workshop places this durable institution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691247587
• ISBN13: 9780691247588
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"