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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789533203321

Autore

Hess Earl J

Titolo

Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia / / Earl J. Hess

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Knoxville : , : University of Tennessee Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-23934-5

9786613239341

1-57233-803-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

378.768/944

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Appalachian Region - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. A Larger Enterprise; Chapter 2. A Monument to Abraham Lincoln; Chapter 3. Young Lincolns; Chapter 4. Stooksbury's School; Chapter 5. Howard's Monument; Chapter 6. Modernization; Chapter 7. Strike; Chapter 8. Crisis and Survival; Chapter 9. A New Day for Lincoln Memorial; Chapter 10. The Lincoln Stamp; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Located near Cumberland Gap in the rugged hills of East Tennessee,  Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was founded in 1897 to help  disadvantaged Appalachian youth and reward the descendants of Union  loyalists in the region. Its founder was former Union General Oliver  Otis Howard, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who made it his  mission to sustain an institution of higher learning in the mountain  South that would honor the memory of the Civil War president.