The American University of Beirut : Arab nationalism and liberal education / Betty S. Anderson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index.

Chapter 1. Administrators and Students: Agency and the Educational Process -- Chapter 2. The Unity of Truth: Classical and Liberal Educational Systems -- Chapter 3. Making Men: Religion, Education, and Character Building -- Chapter 4. Making Women: The Goals of Coeducation -- Chapter 5. Student Activism: The Struggle for Arab Nationalism -- Chapter 6. "Guerrilla U": The Contested Nature of Authority -- Chapter 7. Rebuilding AUB: Reaffirming Liberal Education.

"Anderson discusses how generations of students demanded that they be considered legitimate voices of authority over their own education; increasingly, these students sought to introduce into their classrooms the real-life political issues raging in the Arab world. The Darwin Affair of 1882, the introduction of coeducation in the 1920s, the Arab nationalist protests of the late 1940s and early 1950s, and the even larger protests of the 1970s all challenged the Americans and Arabs to fashion an educational program relevant to a student body constantly bombarded with political and social change."-- Publisher.