Harry Huntt Ransom : Intellect in Motion /

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Both a life story and a portrait of public higher education during the twentieth century, Harry Huntt Ransom captures the spirit of a dynamic individual who dedicated his talents to nurturing intellectual life in Texas and beyond. Tracing the details of Ransom's youth in Galveston and Tennessee...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gribben, Alan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Temas:
Educators > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Beginnings
  • 2. Texas, Tennessee, Travels
  • 3. The scholar
  • 4. The teacher
  • 5. The bare fact of war
  • 6. Climbing the administrative ladder
  • 7. The rare books collection
  • 8. The Texas quarterly
  • 9. The rare books collection and the academic center
  • 10. Vice president and provost
  • 11. University President
  • 12. The Chancellor
  • 13. Cambridge on the range
  • 14. A University in transition
  • 15. Prerogatives and protests
  • 16. A Chancellor's prophecies
  • 17. Staying the course
  • 18. "Mr. University"
  • 19. Farewells
  • 20. Legacies
  • Notes
  • Index

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