Harvard 1926 : : The Life and Opinions of a College Class / / Harvard 1926.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1951 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (98 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: A résumé of our origins -- Why We Went to Harvard: A study in motivations and habit -- Bright College Years: Or what happened to us at Cambridge -- Debits and Credits: Some observations on the values and drawbacks of a Harvard education -- The Search for Jobs: Seventeen per cent of us are still dissatisfied -- Progress under the Profit System: The median annual income of the class is today not quite $12,000 -- Shall We Grow Old Gracefully? Six out of ten have assets for their old age -- The Political Man: Though still predominantly Republican, we consider ourselves more liberal than we used to be; but our resistance to socialistic ideas and our dislike of the Soviet regime have grown -- Our Religious Outlook: There is little habit in our churchgoing -- Our Views on Current Trends in Education: We still exalt the liberal and humanist traditions -- The Continuing Ties: I. Money contributions; social and professional relations; the outer limbo -- The Continuing Ties: II. We find much to admire, a few things to deplore, in Harvard today -- Our Position in American Society: We place ourselves in the Upper Middle Class -- Men of Distinction – with Aberrations One in five is in a Who's Who; nearly as many have written books -- The First Symptoms of Middle Age: Not yet ready for the wheelchair, we are beginning to retire from the strenuous life -- The Uses of Leisure: Veblen would, have been confused -- Pour la Patrie One man in three served with the Armed Forces -- The Marital Condition: The divorce rate is high, but so is marital contentment -- The Women We Married: The distaff view -- The Pursuit of Happiness: It still eludes 15 per cent of us -- Appendix About the survey and its validity |
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Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674865976 9783110353488 9783110353556 9783110442212 |
DOI: | 10.4159/harvard.9780674865976 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Harvard 1926. |