Stand, Columbia : a history of Columbia University in the city of New York, 1754-2004 / Robert A. McCaughey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCaughey, Robert A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Columbia University--History.

Columbia University.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 715 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2003]

Summary:

Marking Columbia University's 250th anniversary, this is the definitive history of one of America's oldest and most redoubtable urban institutions in the country's largest, most culturally diverse city. This comprehensive history of Columbia University extends from the prefounding discussions about New York City being "a fit Place for a colledge" in 1704 to the recent inauguration of Lee Bollinger as president.

Contents:

1. Tory Preamble: The Short History of King's College 1

2. Flirting with Republicanism 49

3. Knickerbocker Days: The Limits of Academic Reform 79

4. Midcentury Stirrings 117

5. Takeoff 144

6. The Aspect of a University 177

7. Bolt to the Top 211

8. 1917: Twilight of Idols 234

9. Jews at Columbia 256

10. The Invention of Columbia College 277

11. Prosperity Lost 300

12. Columbia in the American Century 328

13. A Second Flowering 356

14. Afternoon on the Hudson 391

15. Riding the Whirlwind: Columbia '68 423

16. It's About Columbia 462

17. A Tough Place 490

18. Bottoming Out 511

19. Columbia Recovered 533

20. The Way We Are 557

Epilogue: Worth the Candle? 578.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [583]-683) and index.

ISBN:

0231130082

OCLC:

52166063