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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973550103321

Autore

Schroth Raymond A

Titolo

Fordham : a history and memoir / / Raymond A. Schroth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2008

ISBN

9786612698910

9780823229741

0823229742

9780823247226

0823247228

9781282698918

1282698915

9780823237630

082323763X

9780823229789

0823229785

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (471 pages) : illustrations, plates

Disciplina

378.747/275

Soggetti

Fordham University -- Biography.;Fordham University -- History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

1st ed. published: Chicago : Jesuit Way, c2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-412) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Prologue; 1 Michael Nash Arrives; 2 A Visit from Mr. Poe; 3 Brownson, Hughes, and Shaw; 4 Michael Nash Goes to War; 5 Jimmy Walsh Gets Started; 6 Becoming a University; 7 ""We'll Do, or Die""; 8 Gannon Takes Charge; 9 From Oedipus to Dachau; 10 Lou Mitchell Meets G. Gordon Liddy; 11 Football Loses, Courtney Wins; 12 Jesuits and Women; 13 Leo; 14 The War at Home; 15 The Bronx Is Burning; 16 Identity Reconsidered; Epilogue: A Millennium's Last Class; Epilogue II: Eight Years Later; Chronology of Fordham; Notes and Sources; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Fordham University is the quintessential American-Catholic institution and one now looked upon as among the best Catholic universities in the country. Its story is also the story of New York, especially the Bronx, and Fordham's commitment to the city during its rise, fall, and



rebirth. It's a story of Jesuits, soldiers, alumni who fought in World Wars, chaplains, teachers, and administrators who made bold moves and big mistakes, of presidents who thought small and those who had vision. And of the first women, students and faculty, who helped bring Fordham into the 20th century.