Cargando…
West Virginia University, symbol of unity in a sectionalized state /
This book details the history of WVU from before its inception as the Agricultural College of West Virginia in 1867 to its expansion and development in the 1980s. This history includes an index of people, places and events; photographs and illustrations; and in-depth descriptions of campuses, buildi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Morgantown :
West Virginia University Press,
2013
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Morgantown School, 1867-1945. "Add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge" : 1862-1867 ; Yankee centralization to Confederate decentralization : 1867-1885 ; Decentralization to centralization : 1885-1901 ; The inner wickedness of sociology : 1897-1901 ; Conservative management versus "new education" : 1901-1914 ; Almost heaven and almost a university : 1914-1928 ; The heavy hand of politics : 1928-1935 ; Four terms for Roosevelt and four presidents for WVU : 1932-1945
- The land-grant, comprehensive state university, 1946-1980. A people's university : 1946-1958 ; In sickness and in health, till death do us part - the inviolate university campus : 1946-1958 ; From the banks of the Monongahela to the banks of the Potomac, part I : 1958-1961 ; From the banks of the Monongahela to the banks of the Potomac, part II : 1962-1967 ; Into the university's second century : gadgets and governance : 1967-1977 ; An era of radical change : close encounters with a new kind of student : 1967-1977 ; Into the nineteen eighties.