American places : in search of the twenty-first century campus / M. Perry Chapman ; foreword by Richard Freeland.

By:

Chapman, M. Perry

Material type: Text

TextSeries: American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher educationPublication details: Westport, CT : Praeger Publishers, 2006.Description: xxxiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780275985233 (hbk.)
0275985237 (hbk.)

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DDC classification:

378.196 CHA 23 008599

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Table of contents

Contents:

Part one. A brief history of the American campus -- Part two. The seismic forces affecting the shape of the twenty-first-century campus -- Part three. The sustainable, authentic campus -- Epilogue: In search of an American campus form for the next generation.

Summary: "American Places calls for campuses to be designed, not only to heighten the quality of the learning experience, but also as working demonstrations of ways in which places everywhere can be transformed into more healthy, humane, civic environments."--Jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	378.196 CHA 008599 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008599

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and index.

Part one. A brief history of the American campus --
Part two. The seismic forces affecting the shape of the twenty-first-century campus --
Part three. The sustainable, authentic campus --
Epilogue: In search of an American campus form for the next generation.

"American Places calls for campuses to be designed, not only to heighten the quality of the learning experience, but also as working demonstrations of ways in which places everywhere can be transformed into more healthy, humane, civic environments."--Jacket.

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