In The Academic Tribes , an English professor who has survived stints as a dean and a vice-chancellor "takes a gentle, satiric sideswipe at academia, its foibles, follies, and myths" ( ALA Booklist ). Hazard Adams' parody of anthropological analysis describes the principles and antinomies of academic politics, campus stereotypes, the various tribes divided by discipline, the agonies accompanying each stage on the way to full professorship, and, of course, the power struggle between faculties and academic administrators. ...
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In The Academic Tribes , an English professor who has survived stints as a dean and a vice-chancellor "takes a gentle, satiric sideswipe at academia, its foibles, follies, and myths" ( ALA Booklist ). Hazard Adams' parody of anthropological analysis describes the principles and antinomies of academic politics, campus stereotypes, the various tribes divided by discipline, the agonies accompanying each stage on the way to full professorship, and, of course, the power struggle between faculties and academic administrators. This first paperback edition also includes a new preface looking back at the decade since the book's original publication and an appendix that adds three relevant essays.
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Good. No dust jacket as issued. structurally intact and tight, slight yellowing to pages, light soil and wear, shows some minor edge and corner wear on cover. 144 pages. A wry view of the American university-with a dash of bitters. The author explores academic polities with wit, amusement, and occasional despair, and presents critical insights on many facets of American Universities
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