Rhodes scholars, Oxford, and the creation of an American elite / Thomas J. Schaeper and Kathleen Schaeper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schaeper, Thomas J., author.

Schaeper, Kathleen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhodes scholarships--History.

Rhodes scholarships.

Scholars--United States--Biography.

Scholars.

Education--United States--History--Cross-cultural studies.

Education.

Education--Great Britain--History--Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857453693

0857453696

OCLC:

1329077261