Educating across Cultures Anatolia College in Turkey and Greece [Hardcover]

A scholarly, comprehensive, and thoroughly researched history of a resilient institution that has gone a long way since its original theoretical inception in the Haystack Prayer Meeting at Williams College in 1806. . . . A historian by training, McGrew provides a synthetic account of the schools changing identity alongside major political and social events. At the same time, the author was a key figure in the schools administration from 1974 until 1999, which enables him to offer insights on the policies, challenges, and initiatives of the school as a social and educational institution. It is through this unique combination of a historian and administrator that he can present an informed, balanced, and intriguing narrative that does not escape either to abstract generalizations or narrow specificities. . . . This is a book of utmost value first and foremost to the large community of Anatolians but also to scholars interested in the transnational educational and cultural exchanges in the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece. . . . Educating across Cultures also offers a rich array of sources, information, and details that will contribute to alternative histories of the American and missionary schools in the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and Greece.Educating across Cultures: Anatolia College in Turkey and Greece is William McGrews well-written, detailed, thoughtful, and, at times, intensely personal account of Anatolia College.... William McGrew has written a masterful study chronicling the triumphs and tragedies of Anatolia College as they unfolded over two continents, multiple cultures, and nearly 120 years. Not only is his recounting of Anatolias unique past exemplary, but his balanced and sensitive contextualization is a wonderful achievement. The book promises to find an enthusiastic readership among the thousands of Anatolia alumni and friends. Even if one has no direct connection to the school, however, the mixture of human drama, bureaucratic struggles, and politicalCÅ