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In their history of Cornell since 1940, Glenn C. Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick examine the institution in the context of the emergence of the modern research university. The book examines Cornell during the Cold War, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, antiapartheid protests, the ups and downs of varsity athletics, the women's movement, the...

Table of Contents

Preface: The "Cornell Idea"
Authors' Note

Part I: 1945-1963
1. Building a Research University
2. The Death of "In Loco Parentis"
3. The “Cold War” at Cornell

Part II: 1963-1977
4. The Bureaucratic University and Its Discontents
5. Race at Cornell
6. The Wars at Home

Part III: 1977-1995
7. The Rhodes Years
8. Academic Identity Politics
9. Political Engagement, Divestment, and Cornell's Two China Policy

Part IV: 1995-2015
10. A Tale of Three Presidents
11. West Campus, Suicide, and Student “Wellness”
12. Going Global

Postscript

Notes

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: 12/08/2014
      ISBN13: 9780801444258, 978-0801444258
      ISBN10: 080144425X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In their history of Cornell since 1940, Glenn C. Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick examine the institution in the context of the emergence of the modern research university. The book examines Cornell during the Cold War, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, antiapartheid protests, the ups and downs of varsity athletics, the women's movement, the...

      Table of Contents

      Preface: The "Cornell Idea"
      Authors' Note

      Part I: 1945-1963
      1. Building a Research University
      2. The Death of "In Loco Parentis"
      3. The “Cold War” at Cornell

      Part II: 1963-1977
      4. The Bureaucratic University and Its Discontents
      5. Race at Cornell
      6. The Wars at Home

      Part III: 1977-1995
      7. The Rhodes Years
      8. Academic Identity Politics
      9. Political Engagement, Divestment, and Cornell's Two China Policy

      Part IV: 1995-2015
      10. A Tale of Three Presidents
      11. West Campus, Suicide, and Student “Wellness”
      12. Going Global

      Postscript

      Notes

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