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The Launching of Duke University, 1924-1949 /
In this rich and authoritative history, distinguished historian Robert F. Durden tells the story of the formation of Duke University, beginning with its creation in 1924 as a new institution organized around Trinity College. As Durden reveals, this narrative belongs first and foremost to Duke Univer...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
[1993]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The origins of the university idea at trinity college
- 2 Building on two campuses: "the most ... beautiful educational plant in America"
- 3 Crisis in university governance
- 4 Strengthening the arts and sciences: the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering
- 5 Strengthening the arts and sciences: the social sciences and the humanities
- 6 The graduate school of arts and sciences and other essentials for mind and spirit
- 7 Duke students at work and play in the jazz and big band era
- 8 The woman's college, 1925-1947: could separate be truly equal?
- 9 One recumbent too many: duke university and the Ackland museum of art
- 10 Theological education at duke university, 1925-1950
- 11 Building a medical center from scratch
- 12 The rebuilding of duke university's school of law, 1925-1947
- 13 The serendipitous acquisition of assets: the duke forest and school of forestry
- 14 From few to flowers, world war ii, and the leadership crisis of the late 1940s
- 15 The resolution of the leadership crisis and the finding of a new president
- Appendix 1. Original faculty of the schools of medicine, nursing, and health services
- Appendix 2. A note on the sources
- Notes
- Index