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Margaret Cain McCarthy
istory of American Higher Education
documents the fascinating evolution
of American colleges and universities, touching
on the historical events that shaped
them, from the colonial era through the
early twenty-first century . Throughout history,
higher education has played an important
role in the transmission of cultural identity
from one generation to the next . This
book outlines how, as the colonists transitioned
from English rule to independence,
a unique American culture began to develop
and institutions of higher education evolved
to prepare leaders with the intellectual and
practical skills necessary to build a nation .
Eventually, faith in science created an expansive
knowledge industry, and the notion
Henry Near
Where Community Happens
The Kibbutz and the Philosophy
of Communalism
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main,
New York, Wien, 2011 . XVIII, 238 pp .
Ralahine Utopian Studies . Vol . 9
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n reaction to the spread of globalization,
recent years have seen considerable
growth in the number of intentional communities
established across the world . In this
collection of articles and lectures, many of
them previously unpublished in English, the
author analyzes various aspects of the philosophy
of the kibbutz and draws parallels
with other societies and philosophical trends,
in the hope that a close look at the ways of
thought of the kibbutz – arguably the bestestablished
communalist society – may help
other communalists crystallize their own social
philosophies . Utopian thought and communal
experience are brought to life through
History of American Higher Education
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2011 .
VIII, 166 pp ., num . tables
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that an educated citizenry was required for
an effective democracy expanded and diversified
educational opportunities . Complete
with a bibliography, this primer is an
excellent and comprehensive source of information
on the history and organization
of higher education in the United States .
MArgAret CAin MCCArtHy earned her
PhD from the State University of New York
at Buffalo and currently serves on the faculty
at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York .
As a member of the Department of Graduate
Education and Leadership, she has taught
history of higher education in the United
States, legal issues in higher education, and
issues and problems in higher education at
the graduate level .
the extensive use of the voices of some of the
most influential thinkers and kibbutz members
of the past hundred years, including
Martin Buber and David Ben Gurion .
Henry neAr was born in England, and
has a BA and MA in philosophy and ancient
history from the University of Oxford . In 1955
he emigrated to Israel, and since then has
been a member of Kibbutz Beit Ha’emek in
Western Galilee . After a decade of agricultural
work he began an academic career with a PhD
in political science and the history of Israel
from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem . He
has taught at the Hebrew University, the University
of Haifa and Oranim College, and is
currently an Emeritus Professor . His research
and teaching have focussed mainly on the
history of modern Israel, and in particular on
the history and ideology of the kibbutz .
Victoria O’Brien
A History of Irish Ballet from
1927 to 1963
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main,
New York, Wien, 2011 . XII, 188 pp ., num . ill .
Reimagining Ireland . Vol . 8
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his work presents a detailed study of
the five key ballet organisations that
operated in Ireland between 1927 and 1963:
the Abbey Theatre School of Ballet, the Abbey
School of Ballet, the Sara Payne School and
Company, the Irish Ballet Club and the National
Ballet School and Company .
By examining a previously neglected dimension
of Irish artistic life, this study aims
to provide a greater appreciation of the various
roles that ballet has played in the development
of Irish cultural activity . It records
the rich interaction between the different
dance artists and movements and their collaborators
across the entire spectrum of Irish
artistic endeavour, including Cecil ffrench
Salkeld, F . R . Higgins, Mainie Jellett, Patrick
Kavanagh, J . F . Larchet, Louis le Brocquy,
Elizabeth Maconchy, Donagh MacDonagh,
Brinsley MacNamara, Micheál Mac Laimmóir,
Norah McGuinness, A . J . Potter, Lennox Robinson,
Michael Bowles, Mary Devenport O’Neill,
Anne Yeats and W . B . Yeats .
This book breaks significant new ground
for an area in which little published information
exists . The author pieces together research
on the schools and companies from
interviews, ballet programmes, playbills, libretti,
scores, memoirs, contemporary press
reviews, literary articles and photographs,
to form a fascinating narrative of the underresearched
world of Irish ballet .
viCtoriA o’brien trained at the Irish National
College of Dance and is a graduate of
the Northern School of Contemporary Dance
and the Laban Centre . Her PhD research focused
on the history of early twentieth-century
Irish ballet and was completed at the
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at
the University of Limerick, where she continues
to lecture and holds the position of
Development Officer at the National Dance
Archive of Ireland .