Rhodes scholars, Oxford, and the creation of an American elite / / Thomas J. Schaeper and Kathleen Schaeper
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Schaeper Thomas J.
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| Titolo: |
Rhodes scholars, Oxford, and the creation of an American elite / / Thomas J. Schaeper and Kathleen Schaeper
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (435 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 378.42574 |
| Soggetto topico: | Rhodes scholarships - History |
| Scholars - United States | |
| Education - United States - History | |
| Education - Great Britain - History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SchaeperKathleen |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rhodes scholars, Oxford, and the creation of an American elite |
| ISBN: | 0-85745-369-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910494641803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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