Cornell : : A History, 1940–2015 /

Cornell : : A History, 1940–2015 / / Glenn C. Altschuler, Isaac Kramnick.

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In their history of Cornell since 1940, Glenn C. Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick examine the institution in the context of the emergence of the modern research university. The book examines Cornell during the Cold War, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, antiapartheid protests, the ups and downs of va...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Altschuler, Glenn C.,
Kramnick, Isaac,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (544 p.) :; 60 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface: The “Cornell Idea”
  • Acknowledgments
  • Authors’ Note
  • Part I. 1945–1963
  • 1. Building a Research University
  • 2. The Death of In Loco Parentis
  • 3. The Cold War at Cornell
  • Part II. 1963–1977
  • 4. The Bureaucratic University and Its Discontents
  • 5. Race at Cornell
  • 6. The Wars at Home
  • Part III. 1977–1995
  • 7. The Rhodes Years
  • 8. Academic Identity Politics
  • 9. Political Engagement, Divestment, and Cornell’s Two-China Policy
  • Part IV. 1995–2015
  • 10. Into the Twenty-First Century
  • 11. The New Normal in Student Life
  • 12. Going Global
  • Postscript
  • Notes
  • Index

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