Reconstructing the campus : higher education and the American Civil War

Reconstructing the campus : higher education and the American Civil War / Michael David Cohen.

The Civil War transformed American life. Not only did thousands of men die on battlefields and millions of slaves become free; cultural institutions reshaped themselves in the context of the war and its aftermath. The first book to examine the Civil War's immediate and long-term impact on highe...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Michael David, 1980-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
Series:Nation divided.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Universities and colleges > United States > History > 19th century.
Universities and colleges > United States > Admission > History > 19th century.
Universities and colleges > Curricula > United States > History > 19th century.
Education, Higher > United States > History > 19th century.
Educational change > United States > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Education, Higher
Educational change
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Universities and colleges
Universities and colleges > Admission
Universities and colleges > Curricula
War and education
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Education and the war.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence.
United States
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Dwellers beside the sea : colleges at war
  • The curriculum : teaching the arts of peace and war
  • Admissions : race, class, gender
  • Admissions : geography, service, morality
  • College, community, and nation.

Similar Items