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Author Haar, Sharon, 1962-

Title The city as campus [electronic resource] : urbanism and higher education in Chicago / Sharon Haar.

Imprint Minneapolis [Minn.] : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxx, 245 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- New institutions for a new environment : pedagogical space in the progressive city -- City as laboratory : Hull-House and the rise of the Chicago School -- Modern city, modern campus : institutional expansion and urban renewal in the postwar era -- Classrooms off the expressway : a new mission for higher education -- "Model of the modern urban university" : the new spatial form of the Chicago Circle campus -- Campus revolt : the reform of the commuter university -- City as campus : university space in the global city -- Conclusion.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Community and college -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Universities and colleges -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Architecture and society -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Urbanism and higher education in Chicago
ISBN 9780816665648 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780816665655 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780816675135 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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