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Report copyright infringementby Julie Thompson Klein (Author)Boundary work studies examine how boundaries of knowledge are formed, maintained, broken down and reconfigured. This text investigates the claims, activities and institutional structures that define and legitimate interdisciplinary practices.Back JacketThis book is the most comprehensive and rigourous critique of the ways disciplinary boundaries still inhibit knowledge-production and integration.Author BiographyJulie Thompson Klein is Professor of Humanities at Wayne State University. She is the author of Interdisciplinarity: History, Theory, and Practice and coeditor of Interdisciplinary Studies Today.
Number of Pages: 281
Dimensions: 0.79 x 9.04 x 6.06 IN
Publication Date: November 01, 1996
