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Cornell : A History, 1940-2015 /

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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Altschuler, Glenn C. (Autor), Kramnick, Isaac (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2014]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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