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Villanova is one of America's oldest and largest Catholic universities. Founded in 1842, it has seen great change in its 150-year history. Here, David Contosta presents a combination of text and photographs to recount the history of the school and the forces that have shaped its growth.

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“This is a well-written, well-documented, fast-paced history of a long-lived and fully developed Pennsylvania institution.”

—Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography


“David Contosta’s history of Villanova is a wonderful contribution not only to our knowledge of the American Catholic past, but also to our self-understanding in the 1990s. I take pleasure in hailing its appearance and in recommending it to a much wider audience than old grads of Villanova, although they will, of course, take particular delight in the story it unfolds.”

—Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.

Villanova University 18421992 American Catholic

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      Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/09/1995
      ISBN13: 9780271014593, 978-0271014593
      ISBN10: 0271014598

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Villanova is one of America's oldest and largest Catholic universities. Founded in 1842, it has seen great change in its 150-year history. Here, David Contosta presents a combination of text and photographs to recount the history of the school and the forces that have shaped its growth.

      Trade Review

      “This is a well-written, well-documented, fast-paced history of a long-lived and fully developed Pennsylvania institution.”

      —Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography


      “David Contosta’s history of Villanova is a wonderful contribution not only to our knowledge of the American Catholic past, but also to our self-understanding in the 1990s. I take pleasure in hailing its appearance and in recommending it to a much wider audience than old grads of Villanova, although they will, of course, take particular delight in the story it unfolds.”

      —Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.

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