Rhodes scholars, Oxford, and the creation of an American elite /
Each year thirty-two seniors at American universities are awarded Rhodes Scholarships, which entitle them to spend two or three years studying at the University of Oxford. The program, founded by the British colonialist and entrepreneur Cecil Rhodes and established in 1903, has become the world'...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2010.
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Edición: | Revised edition, [Updated pbk. edition]. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Each year thirty-two seniors at American universities are awarded Rhodes Scholarships, which entitle them to spend two or three years studying at the University of Oxford. The program, founded by the British colonialist and entrepreneur Cecil Rhodes and established in 1903, has become the world's most famous academic scholarship and has brought thousands of young Americans to study in England. Many of these later became national leaders in government, law, education, literature, and other fields. Among them were the politicians J. William Fulbright, Bill Bradley, and Bill Clinton; the public. |
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Notas: | Originally published in 1998 with the title Cowboys into gentlemen. Secondary edition statement from p. xiii. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 410 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780857453693 0857453696 |