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Title The American College and University : a History
Published University of Georgia Press 1991

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Description 1 online resource (592 pages)
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Rudolph Rediscovered: An Introductory Essay -- Preface -- 1 The Colonial College -- 2 Legacy of the Revolution -- 3 The College Movement -- 4 The Religious Life -- 5 The Collegiate Way -- 6 Reform and Reaction -- 7 The Extracurriculum -- 8 Academic Balance of Power -- 9 Financing the Colleges -- 10 Jacksonian Democracy and the Colleges -- 11 Crisis of the 1850's -- 12 Dawning of a New Era -- 13 The Emerging University -- 14 The Elective Principle -- 15 The Education of Women -- 16 Flowering of the University Movement -- 17 Progressivism and the Universities
18 The Rise of Football -- 19 Academic Man -- 20 The Organized Institution -- 21 Counterrevolution -- 22 An American Consensus -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Supplemental Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Universities and colleges -- United States -- History
Universities and colleges
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1280491507
9781280491504