Title: Maybe The Wrong "Kline" Cited
Review: I can't discern the precise purpose/audience of this volume. Not a how-to for either teachers or researchers. Nor, I fear, an orientation introduction for generalists. Probably useful as a generously-deep historical survey from the author's own standpoints. He cites the important work of S. J. Kline on "conceptual foundations" of integrative work (1995). But he seems (I may have missed it) to overlook the book Interdisciplinarity by Julie Thompson Klein (1990). I would strongly recommend that semi-standard reference (along with Wm. Newell's edited anthology Interdisciplinarity: Essays From The Literature) as much better orientation and starting points for a "familiarization tour" of the complex field of interdisciplinary endeavor.The above is only my "considered opinion." True, I studied both anthropology and literature, then wrote on interdisciplinary endeavor, then taught it in college. Still, only my opinion--well, let's say "reasoned judgment."
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