02150nam 2200481 450 991049464180332120170919163012.00-85745-369-6(CKB)2670000000546830(EBL)1331222(MiAaPQ)EBC1331222(EXLCZ)99267000000054683020181002d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRhodes scholars, Oxford, and the creation of an American elite /Thomas J. Schaeper and Kathleen SchaeperNew York ;Oxford :Berghahn Books,2010.1 online resource (435 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-721-8 Each year thirty-two seniors at American universities are awarded Rhodes Scholarships, which entitle them to spend two or three years studying at the University of Oxford. The program, founded by the British colonialist and entrepreneur Cecil Rhodes and established in 1903, has become the world's most famous academic scholarship and has brought thousands of young Americans to study in England. Many of these later became national leaders in government, law, education, literature, and other fields. Among them were the politicians J. William Fulbright, Bill Bradley, and Bill Clinton; the public Rhodes scholarshipsHistoryScholarsUnited StatesBiographyEducationUnited StatesHistoryCross-cultural studiesEducationGreat BritainHistoryCross-cultural studiesElectronic books.Rhodes scholarshipsHistory.ScholarsEducationHistoryEducationHistory378.42574Schaeper Thomas J.1048251Schaeper KathleenMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910494641803321Rhodes scholars, Oxford, and the creation of an American elite2478652UNINA