Hutchins' University A Memoir of the University of Chicago, 1929-1950

Name: Hutchins' University A Memoir of the University of Chicago, 1929-1950
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ISBN: 9780226561714

ISBN-10: 0226561712

ISBN-13: 9780226561714

Edition: 1991

Authors: William H. McNeill

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The inauguration of Robert Maynard Hutchins as the fifth President of the University of Chicago in 1929 coincided with a drastically changed social and economic climate throughout the world. And Hutchins himself opened an era of tumultuous reform and debate within the University. In the midst of the changes Hutchins started and the intense feelings they stirred, William H. McNeill arrived at the University to pursue his education. InHutchins' Universityhe tells what it was like to come of age as a undergraduate in those heady times. Hutchins' scathing opposition to the departmentalization of learning and his resounding call for reforms in general education sparked controversy and fueled…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 204
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface



The University of Chicago in 1929



Honeymoon on the Midway, 1929-1931



Chiaroscuro of the Depression Years, 1931-1936



The Drift toward War, 1937-1941



The War Years, 1941-1946



Bloom and Decay: The End of an Era, 1946-1950


Epilogue


Notes


Index