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Milwaukee's Jesuit University : Marquette, 1881-1981 /

Inspired by the ambitions of Milwaukee's first bishop, John Martin Henni, Marquette College opened in September 1881 on a hilltop overlooking the city's expanding downtown. Named for the great explorer and missionary of the American Midwest, Pere Jacques Marquette, the institution's e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jablonsky, Thomas J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milwaukee, WI : Marquette University Press, ©2007.
Colección:Urban life series (Milwaukee, Wis.) ; no. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Jesuits come to Milwaukee : 1844-1880
  • A Jesuit liberal arts college : 1881-1906
  • Great transformations : 1906-1916
  • Milwaukee's University : 1917-1928
  • Troubled times : 1928-45
  • Postwar adjustments : 1945-54
  • Transition to prominence : 1954-62
  • New directions and powerful disruptions : 1962-71
  • Search for a new order : 1960s-1981.