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Reconstructing the campus : higher education and the American Civil War / Michael David Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Michael David, 1980-
- Series:
- Nation divided.
- A nation divided : studies in the Civil War era
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--United States--History--19th century.
- Universities and colleges.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Admission--History--19th century.
- Universities and colleges--Curricula--United States--History--19th century.
- Education, Higher--United States--History--19th century.
- Education, Higher.
- Educational change--United States--History--19th century.
- Educational change.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Education and the war.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Thus, while the Civil War did great harm, it stimulated growth, helping, especially in the South, to create our modern system of higher education.
- Contents:
- Dwellers beside the sea : colleges at war
- The curriculum : teaching the arts of peace and war
- Admissions : race, class, gender
- Admissions : geography, service, morality
- College, community, and nation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813933184
- 0813933188
- OCLC:
- 932314955
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