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Valuing the Humanities

The Value of the Humanities by Helen Small

by Colin Steele
May 2014, no. 361

The Value of the Humanities by Helen Small

Oxford University Press, $38.95 hb, 212 pp, 9780199683864

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Helen Small, Professor of English at Pembroke College, Oxford, adopts a pragmatic and non-polemical approach in addressing The Value of the Humanities. This topic has been much debated recently as political and economic pressures on universities and funding agencies have led to an alleged devaluation of the humanities.

 


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The Value of the Humanities by Helen Small

Oxford University Press, $38.95 hb, 212 pp, 9780199683864

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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