Bruce A. Kimball attacks the widely held assumption that the idea of American "professionalism" arose from the proliferation of urban professional positions during the late nineteenth century. This first paperback edition of The "True Professional Ideal" in America argues that the professional ideal can be traced back to the colonial period. This comprehensive intellectual history illuminates the profound relationships between the idea of a "professional" and broader changes in American social, cultural, and political history.
- ISBN10 0847681432
- ISBN13 9780847681433
- Publish Date 26 March 1996
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
- Format Paperback
- Pages 444
- Language English