Liberalizing the mind. Two centuries of liberal education at Franklin & Marshall College.

Autor/in	Griffith, Sally F.
Titel	Liberalizing the mind. Two centuries of liberal education at Franklin & Marshall College.
Quelle	University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State Univ. Press (2010), x, 502 S.Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-271-03723-3
Schlagwörter	College; Geschichte (Histor); Lancaster; Pennsylvania
Abstract	"A narrative history of Franklin & Marshall College. Combines analysis of historical context and institutional development with accounts of the college during crucial periods such as the Civil War and the 1960s."--Provided by publisher. Contents: Introduction. Mind awakening mind: a college and its mission -- Franklin College: "to make good men and useful citizens" -- Marshall College: Christian bildung on the frontier -- Early Franklin & Marshall: upholding tradition and classical education -- A modern awakening: negotiating change in the 1890s -- Liberal culture in service of efficiency, 1900-1918 -- Building a greater Franklin & Marshall, 1919-1934 -- The college in depression and war, 1935-1946 -- The academic revolution: setting the stage, 1946-1956 -- Academic revolution meets counter-revolution, 1956-1962 -- Academic revolution meets the sixties revolt, 1962-1968 -- Reasoning with the whirlwind, 1968-1970 -- Retrenchment and reassessment, 1970-1982 -- Enriching liberal education, 1983-2002.
Erfasst von	Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg
Update	2011/2