Stand, Columbia - A History of Columbia University

Informationen zum Autor Robert McCaughey is the chairman of the Barnard History Department and the former dean of the faculty of Barnard College. He is the author of The Last Federalist: Josiah Quincy, 1772¿1864 and International Studies and Academic Enterprise: A Chapter in the Academic Enclosure of American Learning, among other books. Klappentext Marking Columbia University's 250th anniversary! this is the definitive history of one of America's oldest and most redoubtable urban institutions in the country's largest! most culturally diverse city. This comprehensive history of Columbia University extends from the prefounding discussions about New York City being "a fit Place for a colledge" in 1704 to the recent inauguration of Lee Bollinger as president. Zusammenfassung Marking the 250th anniversary of one of America's oldest educational institutions! this book presents the history of Columbia University that extends from the earliest discussions in 1704 about New York City being "a fit Place for a colledge" to the inauguration of president Lee Bollinger! the nineteenth! on Morningside Heights. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Tory Preamble: The Short History of King's College 2. Flirting with Republicanism, 1784--1816 3. Knickerbocker Days: The Limits of Academic Reform 4. Midcentury Stirrings 5. Takeoff 6. The Aspect of a University 7. Bolt to the Top 8. 1917: Twilight of Idols 9. Jews at Columbia 10. The Invention of Columbia College 11. Prosperity Lost 12. Columbia in the American Century 13. A Second Flowering 14. Afternoon on the Hudson 15. Riding the Whirlwind: Columbia '68 16. It's About Columbia 17. A Tough Place 18. Bottoming Out 19. Columbia Recovered 20. The Way We Are Epilogue: Worth the Candle?

Product details

• Authors: Robert McCaughey, Robert A. McCaughey, Robert A. (Chairman McCaughey
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2003
• EAN: 9780231130080
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13008-0
• No. of pages: 760
• Series: Columbiana
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; New York, Education, History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, 20th Century, 21st Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History: specific events and topics, universities, Higher education, tertiary education, C 1700 To C 1800, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher