Stand, Columbia : a history of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004

Stand, Columbia : a history of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004 / Robert A. McCaughey.

-- Merri Rosenberg, Education Update.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McCaughey, Robert A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2003.
Subjects:	Columbia University > History. Columbia University EDUCATION > Higher. EDUCATION > General. History
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Tory preamble: the short history of King's College
Chapter 2: Flirting with republicanism
Chapter 3: Knickerbocker days: the limits of academic reform
Chapter 4: Midcentury stirrings
Chapter 5: Takeoff
Chapter 6: The aspect of a university
Chapter 7: Bolt to the top
Chapter 8: 1917: Twilight of idols
Chapter 9: Jews at Columbia
Chapter 10: The invention of Columbia College
Chapter 11: Prosperity lost
Chapter 12: Columbia in the American century
Chapter 13: A second flowering
Chapter 14: Afternoon on the Hudson
Chapter 15: Riding the whirlwind: Columbia '68
Chapter 16: It's about Columbia
Chapter 17: A tough place
Chapter 18: Bottoming out
Chapter 19: Columbia recovered
Chapter 20: The way we are
Epilogue: Worth the candle?