Bearing the torch : the University of Tennessee, 1794-2010 / T.R.C. Hutton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutton, T. R. C., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Tennessee, Knoxville--History.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

State universities and colleges--Tennessee--History.

State universities and colleges.

Tennessee.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022]

Summary:

"The University of Tennessee has its origins in Blount College, founded in 1794 and named after territorial governor William Blount even before Tennessee was a state. The last scholarly history of the university appeared in 1978, but this book presents a very different treatment. It seeks nothing less than to be a social history of the university, fully integrating historical context, and allowing the book's central 'character'--the university itself--to emerge among historical themes and concerns. For example, Hutton shows how the school's development was hampered in the early nineteenth century by Jacksonian notions of laissez-faire, including exceedingly cheap state funding (a theme that emerges often), how the school nearly disappeared as the Civil War raged in a very divided region, how the university found creative ways to resist reconstruction, how students embraced dramatic social changes during the Progressive era, and how in the Cold War era the school became a successful research institution"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Slender Beginnings, 1790

1860

ch. Two Means and Opportunities, 1860

1890

ch. Three The University of Tennessee in the New South, 1890

1930

ch. Four A University Finds a New Purpose, 1930

1955

ch. Five Race, Riot, and Rocky Top, 1955

1970

ch. Six The Hardest Blow: UT Sees the Future, 1970

2010.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-229) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Hutton, T .R. C. Bearing the torch

ISBN:

9781621906872

1621906876

OCLC:

1300755011