| Description |
1 online resource (438 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Urban life series ; no. 3 |
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Urban life series (Milwaukee, Wis.) ; no. 3.
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| Contents |
The Jesuits come to Milwaukee : 1844-1880 -- A Jesuit liberal arts college : 1881-1906 -- Great transformations : 1906-1916 -- Milwaukee's University : 1917-1928 -- Troubled times : 1928-45 -- Postwar adjustments : 1945-54 -- Transition to prominence : 1954-62 -- New directions and powerful disruptions : 1962-71 -- Search for a new order : 1960s-1981 |
| Summary |
Inspired by the ambitions of Milwaukee's first bishop, John Martin Henni, Marquette College opened in September 1881 on a hilltop overlooking the city's expanding downtown. Named for the great explorer and missionary of the American Midwest, Pere Jacques Marquette, the institution's educational foundation drew upon the well-developed, clearly-elucidated traditions of the Society of Jesus. Marquette's reputation as Milwaukee's university grew steadily during the 1920s, accompanied by the school's first building boom. Dependent from its earliest days upon tuition income, the school struggled thr |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Marquette University -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Marquette University. fast (OCoLC)fst00535441 |
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Universities and colleges -- Wisconsin.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Universities and colleges.
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Wisconsin.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781435610422 |
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1435610423 |
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9780874623413 |
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0874623413 |
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