Russian Diary: A Distinguished Educator's Informal Report on Life and Higher Education in the Soviet Union.
Published by Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, []., 1960
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.Lighthouse Books, ABAA
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Octavo, navy blue cloth (hardcover), 125 pp. Fine, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with light edgewear. ".A perceptive, factual account by the President of the University of Pennsylvania of a trip he made, together with a small group of American college presidents, for the purpose of learning at first hand about higher education in the Soviet Union. Dr. Harnwell discusses in detail the institutions he visited in Moscow, Leningrad, Tbilisi, Samarkand, Tashkent, and Alma-Ata. At the different universities, technical schools, and medical institutions, he learned about courses of instruction, requirements for degrees, statistics on numbers of students and faculty, administrative structure, and so on.Russian Diary is more than an academic report; Dr. Harnwell has injected his own delightful descriptions of the trip itself -- of the cities visited, of the varying costumes, foods, music, and people encountered." Russian History, European History, Russia, Soviet Union, Education, Travel, University of Pennsylvania. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Russian Diary: A Distinguished Educator's Informal Report on Life and Higher Education in the Soviet Union.
- Author
- Harnwell, Gaylord P.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, [].
- Publication year
- 1960
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
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