Portal, system and sacred order: America
Journal: ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University)
Year: 2011

Around World War I, American universities became involved in promoting academic programs and scholarship on the theme of civilization. Partly this was the result of America's entry into the European war-itself a function of Americas tentative emergence as a world power. Reflection on the nature of civilization was a search for the intellectual frame for Americas world role. Partly it was also a function of America's emergence as a force in the arts and sciences. Civilization was a shorthand term