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 | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SchaeperKathleen |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 RHODES, SOUTH AFRICA, AND OXFORD -- Chapter 2 GETTING STARTED -- Chapter 3 THE SETTING -- Chapter 4 YANKS AND BRITS -- Chapter 5 THE SCHOLAR-ATHLETES -- Chapter 6 PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES -- Chapter 7 INTERWAR YEARS Society and Study -- Chapter 8 INTERWAR YEARS Fighting the World’s Fight -- Chapter 9 POSTWAR PROBLEMS AND ADJUSTMENTS -- Chapter 10 THE COLD WAR AND THE SILENT GENERATION -- Chapter 11 BILL CLINTON AND FRIENDS -- Chapter 12 NEW VOICES, NEW FACES I Blacks and Other Minorities -- Chapter 13 NEW VOICES, NEW FACES II Women, Gays, and Lesbians -- Chapter 14 CAREERS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- Chapter 15 THE OXFORD FACTOR -- Chapter 16 THE RHODES AHEAD -- APPENDIX: U.S. Rhodes Scholars, 1904-2006 -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| 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.: | 9910819748903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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