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The Making of Florida's Universities : Public Higher Education at the Turn of the Twentieth Century / Carl Van Ness.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Ness, Carl, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public universities and colleges--Florida--History.
- Public universities and colleges.
- Education, Higher--Florida--History.
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2023]
- Summary:
- "In this book, Carl Van Ness describes the formative years of higher education in Florida, comparing the trajectory to that of other states and putting it in context within the broader history and culture of the South"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I. Before Buckman
- Public Education in Redemption Florida
- A Curse Rather than a Blessing
- Turmoil at Lake City
- The Revolutions of 1904
- Part II. Buckman
- The Buckman Revolution
- The Immediate Aftermath of Buckman
- The Agony of Andrew Sledd
- The Fallout from Florida's Sledd Affair
- Part III. After Buckman
- The Quandary of the Normal School
- Budget Battles
- The Ordeal of Nathan Young
- President Murphree's Final Battle
- Postscript: More Revolutions and then the Counterrevolution
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Van Ness, Carl The Making of Florida's Universities
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-7053-8
- OCLC:
- 1351787070
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