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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136029303321

Autore

Cousins James <1976->

Titolo

Horace Holley : Transylvania University and the Making of Liberal Education in the Early American Republic / / James P. Cousins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8131-6859-7

0-8131-6880-5

0-8131-6858-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

378.0092

Soggetti

College presidents - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 "Great Truths" -- 2 "Term of Severe Trial" -- 3 "The State of Society" -- 4 "A New Era of Literature" -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- 5 "Traces of Vast Design" -- 6 "A Time of Fruitsand Flowers" -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Outspoken New England urbanite Horace Holley (1781-1827) was an unlikely choice to become the president of Transylvania University - the first college established west of the Allegheny Mountains. In this definitive biography, James P. Cousins offers fresh perspectives on a seminal yet controversial figure in American religious history and educational life.