Horace Holley : Transylvania University and the Making of Liberal Education in the Early American Republic /
Outspoken New England urbanite Horace Holley (1781-1827) was an unlikely choice to become the president of Transylvania University - the first college established west of the Allegheny Mountains. In this definitive biography, James P. Cousins offers fresh perspectives on a seminal yet controversial...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2016.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 "Great Truths"
- 2 "Term of Severe Trial"
- 3 "The State of Society"
- 4 "A New Era of Literature"
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5 "Traces of Vast Design"
- 6 "A Time of Fruitsand Flowers"
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.