This collection of 26 essays examines the historical position of Harvard University as one of the nation's most influential institutions. Included are: (1) "Introducing Harvard: A Social, Philosophical, and Political Profile" (John Trumpbour); (2) "How Harvard is Ruled: Administration and Governance at the Corporate University" (Robert Weissman); (3) "Harvard, the Cold War, and the National Security State" (John Trumpbour); (4) "Living with the Bomb: The World According to Bok" (Andrew Kopkind); (5) "Jackboot Liberals" (Alexander Cockburn); (6) "The Business-University Revisited: Industry and Empire in Crimson Cambridge" (John Trumpbour); (7) "Neighborhood Bully: Harvard, the Community, and Urban Development" (Oscar Hernandez and Zachary Robinson); (8) "A History of University Labor Struggles" (Vladimir Escalante); (9) "Blinding Them with Science: Scientific Ideologies in the Ruling of the Modern World" (John Trumpbour); (10) "The Science of Racism" (Jonathan R. Beckwith); (11) "Sexism and Sociobiology: For Our Own Good and the Good of the Species" (Ruth Hubbard); (12) "Ideology in Practice: The Mismeasure of Man" (Stephen Jay Gould); (13) "'Cleaning House': Hiring, Tenure, and Dissent" (John Trumpbour); (14) "The Tenure Process and Its Invisible Kingmaker" (Joseph Menn); (15) "Could Karl Marx Teach Economics in the United States?" (Lawrence S. Lifschultz); (16) "Uppity and Out: A Case Study in the Politics of Faculty Reappointment (and the Limitations of Grievance Procedures)" (Chester Hartman); (17) "Minority and Third World Students" (Cynthia Silva et al.); (18) "Meritocracy and the Manipulation of Ethnic Minorities: The Epps and Evans Affairs" (Eugene Franklin Rivers); (19) "Sexual Shakedown" (Christina Spaulding); (20) "A Note on Professional Schools" (John Trumpbour); (21) "Laying Down the Law: The Empire Strikes Back" (Jamin B. Raskin); (22) "Making Students Safe for Democracy: The Core Curriculum and Intellectual Management" (Ben Robinson); (23) "The Progressive Student Heritage" (Zachary Robinson); (24) "'Waiting for Derik': The Divestment Struggle" (Michael West); (25) "Democracy Harvard-Style: The (S)Election of Overseers" (Chester Hartman and Robert Paul Wolff); and (26) "Conclusion: Transforming Harvard" (John Trumpbour). (Individual papers contain references.) (CH)