Academia's golden age : universities in Massachusetts, 1945-1970 / / Richard M. Freeland
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| Autore: |
Freeland Richard M. <1941->
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| Titolo: |
Academia's golden age : universities in Massachusetts, 1945-1970 / / Richard M. Freeland
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (545 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 378.744 |
| 378.74461 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Education, Higher - Massachusetts - Boston - History |
| Universities and colleges - Massachusetts - Boston - History | |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 1992. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 484-511) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; 1. Academic Development and Social Change: Higher Education in Massachusetts before 1945; 2. The World Transformed: A Golden Age for American Universities, 1945-1970; 3. Emergence of the Modern Research University: Harvard and M.I.T., 1945-1970; 4. Evolution of the College-centered University: Tufts and Brandeis, 1945-1970; 5. Transformation of the Urban University: Boston University, Boston College, and Northeastern, 1945-1972; 6. From State College to University System: The University of Massachusetts, 1945-1973; 7. The Institutional Complex and Academic Adaptation, 1945-1980; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Examining postwar developments in American higher education Richard Freeland looks closely at eight universities in the Boston area that exemplify all the major trends. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Academia's golden age |
| ISBN: | 0-19-756008-3 |
| 1-280-44048-1 | |
| 1-4237-2921-8 | |
| 0-19-536372-8 | |
| 1-60129-704-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783681303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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