Stand, Columbia A History of Columbia University

Name: Stand, Columbia A History of Columbia University
Price: 8.79 USD
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ISBN: 9780231130080

ISBN-10: 0231130082

ISBN-13: 9780231130080

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robert McCaughey, Michele Aaron

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Description:

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 inauguration of Lee Bollinger as president and the preparations for the University's 250th anniversary.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10/22/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 760
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.93" long x 0.18" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments



Tory Preamble: The Short History of King's College



Flirting with Republicanism



Knickerbocker Days: The Limits of Academic Reform



Midcentury Stirrings



Takeoff



The Aspect of a University



Bolt to the Top



1917: Twilight of Idols



Jews at Columbia



The Invention of Columbia College



Prosperity Lost



Columbia in the American Century



A Second Flowering



Afternoon on the Hudson



Riding the Whirlwind: Columbia '68



It's About Columbia



A Tough Place



Bottoming Out



Columbia Recovered



The Way We Are


Epilogue: Worth the Candle?


Notes


Bibliographical Note


Index