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Harry Huntt Ransom : intellect in motion /

"Both a life story and a portrait of public higher education during the twentieth century, Harry Huntt Ransom captures the spirit of a dynamic individual who dedicated his talents to nurturing intellectual life in Texas and beyond. Tracing the details of Ransom's youth in Galveston and Ten...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gribben, Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beginnings
  • Texas, Tennessee, travels
  • The scholar
  • The teacher
  • The bare fact of war
  • Climbing the administrative ladder
  • The rare books collection
  • The Texas quarterly
  • The rare books collection and the academic center
  • Vice president and provost
  • University president
  • The chancellor
  • Cambridge on the range
  • A university in transition
  • Prerogatives and protests
  • A chancellor's prophecies
  • Staying the course
  • "Mr. University"
  • Farewells
  • Legacies.