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The Texas book two : more profiles, history, and reminiscences of the university /
<P>In every corner of the sprawling enterprise that is the University of Texas at Austin, you will find teaching, research, artistic creation, and sports achievement that are among the best in the world. Mandated by the Texas constitution to be "a university of the first class," UT A...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Focus on American history series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword (Larry R. Faulkner); Introduction (David Dettmer); Profiles; Rising from the Frontier: John A. Lomax and the University of Texas (Nolan Porterfield); Benedicere Benedictus: A Profile of H.Y. Benedict (David Dettmer); A Feminist, before Her Time: The Journey of Anna Hiss (Brad Buchholz); Communism, Fruit Flies, and Academic Freedom: J.R. Parten's "Second Education" (Don E. Carleton); Harvey Was My Friend (Ben Crenshaw); Steadfast in His Intent: John W. Hargis and the Integration of the University of Texas at Austin (Richard B. McCaslin); A Desk for Borges (Peter LaSalle); History.
- "Farmer Jim" and "The Chief": Governor Jim Ferguson and His Battle with Eugene C. Barker and the University of Texas (Patrick Cox)"Harry's Place": A Brief History of the Academic Center and Undergraduate Library/Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (Richard W. Oram); Campus Architecture: Identity Crises (Richard Cleary and Lawrence Speck); The Most Important Building on Campus (Richard A. Holland); McDonald Observatory: Bigger and Brighter (Frank N. Bash); Austin City Limits and the University of Texas (Michael Toland); Reminiscences; I Had No Reason to Believe Otherwise (Barbara Smith Conrad).
- The Arcadia That Was Austin (Vance Muse)Barn Dance: The Early Years of Shakespeare at Winedale (Alice Gordon); Hank the Hallucination's Campaign Trail Remembered: Confessions of a Traitorous, Politically Agnostic Opportunist (Sam Hurt with additional material by Paul Begala); A Perfect Game (Cat Osterman); Before the Bulldozers: Life in Married Student Housing (Wayne Butler); Acknowledgments; Index.