Nothing succeeds like failure the sad history of American business schools / Steven Conn.
| Author/creator | Conn, Steven |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Histories of American education |
| Contents | Introduction : the beast that ate campus -- The world before (and shortly after) Wharton : getting a business education in the 19th century -- Teach the children ... what? : business schools and their curricular confusions -- Dismal science vs. applied economics : the unhappy relationship between business schools and economics departments -- It's a white man's world : women and African Americans in business schools -- Good in a crisis? : how business schools responded to economic downturns, or didn't -- Same as it ever was : how business schools helped create the new Gilded Age. |
| Abstract | "Since they were founded in the late nineteenth century, business schools have made many promises to higher education, to businesses and to American society that they have consistently failed to keep"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Conn, Steven, author. Nothing succeeds like failure Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501742071 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019009534 |
| ISBN | 9781501742095 (epub/mobi) |
| ISBN | 9781501742088 (pdf) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |