{"product_id":"the-lost-promise-american-universities-in-the-1960s","title":"The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Lost Promise is a magisterial examination of the turmoil that rocked American universities in the 1960s  with a unique focus on the complex roles played by professors as well as students.  The 1950s through the early 1970s are widely seen as American academias golden age  when universitieswell-funded and viewed as essential for national security  economic growth  and social mobilityembraced an egalitarian mission. Swelling in size  schools attracted new types of students and professors  including radicals who challenged their institutions calcified traditions. But that halcyon moment soon came to a painful and confusing end  with consequences that still afflict the halls of ivy. In The Lost Promise  Ellen Schreckerour foremost historian of both the McCarthy era and the modern American universitydelivers a far-reaching examination of how and why it happened.  Schrecker illuminates how US universities explosive growth intersected with the turmoil of the 1960s  fomenting an unprecedented crisis where dissent over racial inequality and the Vietnam War erupted into direct action. Torn by internal power struggles and demonized by conservative voices  higher education never fully recovered  resulting in decades of underfunding and todays woefully inequitable system. As Schreckers magisterial history makes blazingly clear  the complex blend of troubles that disrupted the university in that pivotal period haunts the ivory tower to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946628050997,"sku":"ByrdShop_022620085X","price":38.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226200859.jpg?v=1769957855","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-lost-promise-american-universities-in-the-1960s","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}