Publish And Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Hynes, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0312156286
- ISBN 13
- 9780312156282
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About This Item
New York: Picador USA. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312156286 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; In Publish and Perish, James Hynes tells three harrowing tales of tenure and terror at universities and research institutions. In "The Professor's Wife," a tenured academic is accused of sexual misconduct with a student; in "The Ghost Writer," a prominent historian is pressured to revise a critical biography; and in "The Thaw," a glaciologist is threatened with termination after publishing research that challenges the orthodoxy of her field. Drawing on Hynes's own experiences as a professor and researcher, Publish and Perish is a powerful, disturbing exploration of the perils of intellectual freedom.; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17085
- Title
- Publish And Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Hynes, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0312156286
- ISBN 13
- 9780312156282
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Strang
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Short Fiction;
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