Wesleyan University, 1910-1970 : academic ambition and middle-class America /

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Author / Creator:Potts, David B. (David Bronson), author.
Imprint:Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2015]
Description:xxiv, 677 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10197625
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ISBN:9780819575197
0819575194
9780819575203
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Fisher and Fiduciaries
  • 2. On the Road to Recognition
  • 3. Membership in the Little Three
  • 4. Holding Ground in Hard Times
  • 5. War as an Agent of Change
  • 6. "A New Major American University"
  • 7. Hazards of New Fortune
  • Appendix 1. Presidencies, 1831 to Present
  • Appendix 2. Enrollments at Wesleyan, Amherst, and Williams, 1910-90
  • Appendix 3. Endowment Dollars per Student at Wesleyan, Amherst, and Williams, 1930-90
  • Abbreviations Used in Notes
  • Notes
  • Index of First Citations in Notes
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Persons