LEADER 00819nam0-2200289---450 001 990008520520403321 005 20230509102902.0 010 $a0-19-518168-9 035 $a000852052 100 $a20070531d2006----km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aeng 102 $aGB 105 $aa---ai--001yy 200 1 $aLatin word order$estructured meaning and information$fA. M. Devine, Laurence D. Stephens 210 $aOxford$cUniversity press$d2006 215 $aXII, 639 p.$d24 cm 676 $a475 676 $a478 700 1$aDevine,$bAndrew M.$0479286 701 1$aStephens,$bLaurence D.$0502248 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$c2007$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990008520520403321 952 $aP2B 230 DEVA 01$bBibl. 55855$fFLFBC 959 $aFLFBC 996 $aLatin word order$9732930 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03129nam 2200517 450 001 9910787854803321 005 20170919163012.0 010 $a0-85745-369-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780857453693 035 $a(CKB)2670000000546830 035 $a(EBL)1331222 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1331222 035 $a(DE-B1597)636992 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780857453693 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000546830 100 $a20181002d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRhodes scholars, Oxford, and the creation of an American elite /$fThomas J. Schaeper and Kathleen Schaeper 210 1$aNew York ;$aOxford :$cBerghahn Books,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (435 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84545-721-8 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tABBREVIATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tChapter 1 RHODES, SOUTH AFRICA, AND OXFORD -- $tChapter 2 GETTING STARTED -- $tChapter 3 THE SETTING -- $tChapter 4 YANKS AND BRITS -- $tChapter 5 THE SCHOLAR-ATHLETES -- $tChapter 6 PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES -- $tChapter 7 INTERWAR YEARS Society and Study -- $tChapter 8 INTERWAR YEARS Fighting the World?s Fight -- $tChapter 9 POSTWAR PROBLEMS AND ADJUSTMENTS -- $tChapter 10 THE COLD WAR AND THE SILENT GENERATION -- $tChapter 11 BILL CLINTON AND FRIENDS -- $tChapter 12 NEW VOICES, NEW FACES I Blacks and Other Minorities -- $tChapter 13 NEW VOICES, NEW FACES II Women, Gays, and Lesbians -- $tChapter 14 CAREERS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- $tChapter 15 THE OXFORD FACTOR -- $tChapter 16 THE RHODES AHEAD -- $tAPPENDIX: U.S. Rhodes Scholars, 1904-2006 -- $tSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tINDEX 330 $a 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 606 $aRhodes scholarships$xHistory 606 $aScholars$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aEducation$zUnited States$xHistory$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aEducation$zGreat Britain$xHistory$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aRhodes scholarships$xHistory. 615 0$aScholars 615 0$aEducation$xHistory 615 0$aEducation$xHistory 676 $a378.42574 700 $aSchaeper$b Thomas J.$01048251 702 $aSchaeper$b Kathleen 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787854803321 996 $aRhodes scholars, Oxford, and the creation of an American elite$93864840 997 $aUNINA