Queen's University. Volume III, 1961-2004: testing tradition / Duncan McDowall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDowall, Duncan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)--History.

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (593 p.)

Place of Publication:

Montréal, [Quebećbec] : McGill-Queens University Press, 2016.

Summary:

How a national institution steeped in tradition adjusted to the momentous social, pedagogic, and cultural pressures of the late twentieth century.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 In the Fall of 1961; 2 "Deliberate Speed": Alex Corry and the Modernization of Queen's, 1961-1968; 3 "Uproariously Busy": John Deutsch and the Codification of Queen's, 1968-1974; 4 "A Puzzle of Patterns": Student and Faculty Life, 1961-1974; 5 Challenging Limestone Liberalism: The Edwards Affair and Hotel Hobbit; 6 "A Pretty Taste for Paradox": Ron Watts and the Art of Compromise, 1974-1984; 7 An End to "Effortless Superiority": David Smith, 1984-1994; 8 "The Life of the Greater Queen's": The Challenge of Diversity; 9 Town, Gown, and the World Beyond

10 "To Chart a Different Course": William Leggett and the New Millennium, 1994-2004Afterword: In the Fall of 2004; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 17, 2017).

ISBN:

0-7735-9876-6