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Horace Holley : Transylvania University and the Making of Liberal Education in the Early American Republic / James P. Cousins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cousins, James, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College presidents--United States--Biography.
- College presidents.
- Transylvania University--History.
- Transylvania University.
- Transylvania University--Presidents--Biography.
- Holley, Horace, 1781-1827.
- Holley, Horace.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
- Summary:
- Outspoken New England urbanite Horace Holley (1781-1827) was an unlikely choice to become the president of Transylvania University - the first college established west of the Allegheny Mountains. In this definitive biography, James P. Cousins offers fresh perspectives on a seminal yet controversial figure in American religious history and educational life.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 "Great Truths"
- 2 "Term of Severe Trial"
- 3 "The State of Society"
- 4 "A New Era of Literature"
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5 "Traces of Vast Design"
- 6 "A Time of Fruitsand Flowers"
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813168593
- 0813168597
- 9780813168807
- 0813168805
- 9780813168586
- 0813168589
- OCLC:
- 960977311
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