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First published 2025 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Busch, David S., 1986- author.

Title: Disciplining democracy : how the modern American university transformed student activism / David S. Busch.

Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2025. | Series: Histories of American education | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024029689 (print) | LCCN 2024029690 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501779961 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501780127 (epub) | ISBN 9781501780110 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Service learning—United States—History—20th century. | Student movements—United States—History—20th century. | College students—Political activity—United States. | Education, Higher—Political aspects—United States. | Education, Higher—Aims and objectives—United States. | Education, Higher—Social aspects—United States. | Civics—Study and teaching (Higher)—United States.

Classification: LCC LC220.5 .B87 2025 (print) | LCC LC220.5 (ebook) | DDC 378.1/9810973—dc23/eng/20240725

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024029689

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024029690

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