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Autor/in | Williams, Roger Lea |
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Titel | Evan Pugh's Penn State. America's model agricultural college. |
Quelle | University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press (2018), XV, 256 S. |
Beigaben | Illustrationen; Karten; Literaturangaben |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
ISBN | 9780271080178 |
Schlagwörter | Biografie; Pennsylvania; USA; Pugh, Evan; Agricultural College of Pennsylvania; History; Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania; College presidents; Biography; Agricultural chemists; Agricultural education; 19. Jahrhundert; Erziehung |
Abstract | Evan Pugh : a young man enamored of science and education -- Study in Germany and France, research in England -- A new school, a new president, a new movement -- Beginning the presidency -- The institution hits its stride -- Pugh's standing in the American scientific community -- Campaigning for the Morrill land-grant college act -- The disruptions of 1863 -- The battle royal -- Death and aftermath -- Epilogue. "Explores the contributions of Evan Pugh (1828-1864), founding president of today's Pennsylvania State University, in quickly building it into America's first scientifically based agricultural college"--Provided by publisher. |
Erfasst von | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
Update | 2018/2/05 |