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The transatlantic world of higher education [electronic resource]

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Between the 1760s and 1914, thousands of young Americans crossed the Atlantic to enroll in German-speaking universities, but what was it like to be an American in, for instance, Halle, Heidelberg, Göttingen, or Leipzig? In this book, the author combines a statistical approach with a biographical approach in order to reconstruct the history of these educational pilgrimages and to illustrate the interconnectedness of student migration with educational reforms on both sides of the Atlantic. This detailed account of academic networking in European educational centers highlights the importance of

Title The transatlantic world of higher education [electronic resource] : Americans at German universities, 1776-1914 / Anja Werner. [European studies in American history
v. 4 ]
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher New York : Berghahn Books
Creation Date 2013
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p.[293]-316) and index.
English
Content Contents
Tables
Figures
Acknowledgments
Note on Sources and Quotations
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Movement and the History of Higher Education
Chapter 2 - US Student Numbers at Göttingen, Halle, Heidelberg, and Leipzig
Chapter 3 - The German University, Masculinity, and ""The Other""
Chapter 4 - Choosing a University: The Case of Leipzig
Chapter 5 - Transatlantic Academic Networking
Chapter 6 - Networking Activities of Leipzig's American Colony
Chapter 7 - Forging American Culture Abroad
Chapter 8 - Returning Home
Conclusion
Appendix 1 - Figures
Appendix 2 - List of Leipzig Professors of Interest to US StudentsAppendix 3 - List of Leipzig-American Dissertations
Bibliography
Index
Series European Studies in American History
4
Extent 1 online resource (343 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997011078287005171
MARC RECORDS
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