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02713cam a2200277 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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176894797 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20200701154146.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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090731s2009 nyum b a001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2009030874 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781586484088 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
AEA |
| Transcribing agency |
AEA |
| Modifying agency |
AEA |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
LA 227.4 |
| Item number |
.C674 2009 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cole, Jonathan R. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
3031 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The great American university : |
| Remainder of title |
its rise to preeminence, its indispensable national role, and why it must be protected |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Jonathan R. Cole. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First Edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
PublicAffairs, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2009. |
| 264 ## - PUBLISHER--PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
PublicAffairs, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 616 pages ; |
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24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-580) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The rise to preeminence. The idea of a university ; Coming of age in tumultuous times ; The path to greatness ; Building steeples of excellence ; In search of a golden age ; Growing pains -- Discoveries that alter our lives. Finding a smoother pebble : a national system of innovation ; It began with a fly : genetics, genomics, and medical research ; buckyballs, bar codes, and GPS : our origins, our planet, our security and safety ; Nosce te ipsum : culture, society, and values -- Facing challenges and looking forward. Academic freedom and free inquiry ; The enemy is us ; "Political" science ; Trouble in paradise? -- Appendix . Top-ranked American research universities -- Appendix B. An online source of information about university discoveries. |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Americans and people throughout the world have become increasingly dependent on America's great research universities. Yet few of us truly understand to what we owe this extraordinary excellence or what we must do to keep it." "From the development of technologies like the laser, the global positioning system, the MRI, radar, and even Viagra, to predicting weather patterns, American research universities are one of our most vital sources of economic growth and social welfare. They have flourished because of a system that has invested public tax dollars in their work and, more importantly, granted substantial autonomy to funding agencies and the universities." "This system is now under attack, the university's preeminence endangered by the USA Patriot Act and other conservative policies. This revelatory and alarming book will show how this vital institution is at risk of tragically losing its dominant status and why a threat to the university is a threat to the health and wealth of our nation."--BOOK JACKET. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Universities and colleges |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
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3032 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Research and development projects |
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United States. |
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3033 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
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Circulation |
