Cornell ''69 - Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University

In April 1969, one of America's premier universities was celebrating parents' weekend-and the student union was an armed camp, occupied by over eighty defiant members of the campus's Afro-American Society. Marching out Sunday night, the protesters...

Sommario

Preface to the 2012 Paperback Edition1. Overview of the CrisisPart I. The Road to Straight

2. Student Militancy

3. The Rise of Racial Politics

4. Racial Justice versus Academic Freedom

5. Separation or Integration?

6. Progress or Impasse?

7. Liberal Justice or RacismPart II. The Straight Crisis

8. Day 1: The Takeover and the Arming of the Campus

9. Day 2: The Deal

10. Day 3: A "Revolutionary Situation"

11. Day 4: Student Power

12. Day 5: A New OrderPart III. The Aftermath

13. Reform, Reaction, and Resignation

14. Cornell and the Failure of LiberalismChronology

Participants

Notes

Index

Info autore

DONALD ALEXANDER DOWNS, an undergraduate at Cornell during the uprising, is the Alexander Meiklejohn Professor of Political Science, Law, and Journalism and the Glenn B. and Cleone Orr Hawkins Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His other books include More than Victims and Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus.

Riassunto

In April 1969, one of America's premier universities was celebrating parents' weekend—and the student union was an armed camp, occupied by over eighty defiant members of the campus's Afro-American Society. Marching out Sunday night, the protesters...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Donald A Downs, Donald A. Downs, Donald Alexander Downs, Downs Donald Alexander
• Editore: Cornell University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.01.2014
• EAN: 9780801478383
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-7838-3
• Pagine: 384
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Demologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione