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Becoming Penn : the pragmatic American university, 1950-2000 / John L. Puckett and Mark Frazier Lloyd.
LIBRA LD4530 .P83 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Puckett, John L., 1947- author.
- Lloyd, Mark Frazier, 1952- author.
- Series:
- Haney Foundation series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- University of Pennsylvania--History--20th century.
- University of Pennsylvania.
- Community and college--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Community and college.
- Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Urban renewal.
- History.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 447 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Part I The Builder
- 1 Rise of the Urban Renewal University 25
- 2 Campus Expansion and Commercial Renewal in Unit a 59
- 3 Shadow Expansion in Unit 3 88
- 4 Student Protest and the End of the Great Expansion 118
- Part II The Visionary
- 5 Martin Meyerson's Dream of One University 143
- 6 Identity Politics in the Arena 156
- Part III The Conciliator
- 7 A Decade of Racial Discord 177
- 8 Throes of Diversity 200
- 9 Penn and the City Inextricably intertwined 218
- Part IV The Implemented
- 10 Triumph in University City 249
- 11 Agenda for Excellence 269
- 12 Harnwell Redux 297.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances Baylinson Rosenbluth Fund.
- Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780812246803
- 0812246802
- OCLC:
- 893455546
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