Cornell '69 : Liberalism and the Crisis of the American University /

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"In April 1969, one of America's premier universities was celebrating parents' weekend - and the student union was an armed camp, occupied by over eighty defiant members of the campus's Afro-American Society. Marching out Sunday night, the protesters brandished rifles, their maxi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Downs, Donald Alexander
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Cornell University.
Cornell University > Administration > History.
Cornell University > Student strike, 1969.
Student movements.
Management.
Education, Humanistic.
Black power.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Éducation humaniste > États-Unis.
Black power > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mouvements etudiants > États-Unis > Histoire.
Education, Humanistic > United States.
Black power > United States > History.
Student movements > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In April 1969, one of America's premier universities was celebrating parents' weekend - and the student union was an armed camp, occupied by over eighty defiant members of the campus's Afro-American Society. Marching out Sunday night, the protesters brandished rifles, their maxim: "If we die, you are going to die." Cornell '69 is an electrifying account of that weekend which probes the origins of the drama and describes how it was played out not only at Cornell but on campuses across the nation during the heyday of American liberalism."--BOOK JACKET. "The weekend's traumatic turn of events is shown by Downs to be a harbinger of the debates raging today over the meaning of the university in American society. He explores the fundamental questions it posed, questions Americans on and off campus are still struggling to answer: What is the relationship between racial justice and intellectual freedom? What are the limits in teaching identity politics? And what is the proper meaning of the university in a democratic polity?"--BOOK JACKET.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (392 pages): illustrations, 1 map
ISBN:9780801466151

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