An edition of Gentlemen and scholars
(1992)
Gentlemen and scholars
colleges and community in the "Age of the University"
by William Bruce Leslie
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Case studies, Higher Education, History, Private universities and colleges, Social aspects of Higher education, Private schools, Universities and colleges, history, Universities and colleges, united states, Education, higher, united statesPlaces
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Gentlemen and scholars: colleges and community in the "Age of the University"
2005, Transaction Publishers
in English
1412804582 9781412804585
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Gentlemen and scholars: college and community in the "Age of the University," 1865-1917
1992, Pennsylvania State University Press
in English
0271008296 9780271008295
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Four colleges and their communities
Colleges and communities, 1865-1890
Rural piety and urban wealth
When professors had servants
"What knowledge is of most worth?"
Students as gentlemen
Convergence and cosmopolitanism, 1890-1917
Piety versus prosperity in the Protestant college
Presidential power and academic autonomy
Knowledge fit for Protestant gentlemen
"The side shows have swallowed up the circus"
Emergence of the modern American college
The age of the college
The college in the social order.
Edition Notes
"With a new introduction by the author."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-277) and index.
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