Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Tables vii
5. Preface ix
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. Part One. Academic Disciplines, Specialization, and Scholarly Communication
8. 2. The Critique of Disciplinary Silos 13
9. 3. Dynamic Disciplines 27
10. 4. Specialization, Synthesis, and the Proliferation of Journals 54
11. 5. Disciplines, Silos, and Webs 76
12. 6. Receptivity Curves: Educational Research and the Flow of Ideas 100
13. Part Two. Interdisciplinary Alternatives
14. 7. Antidisciplinarity 123
15. 8. American Studies: Interdisciplinarity over Half a Century 153
16. 9. Integrative Undergraduate Education 188
17. 10. Implementing Interdisciplinarity 210
18. Appendix: Data Sources 229
19. Notes 233
20. References 249
21. Index 267