The Harvard Century
The Making of a University to a Nation
Published on 15. November 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-674-37295-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Harvard Century tells the story of how Harvard, America's oldest and foremost institution of higher learning, has become synonymous with the nation, their goals and standards reflecting each other, each setting the other's agenda. It is also a colorful and intimate narrative of the individual achievements of its leaders and of the intense power struggles that have shaped Harvard as it pioneered in setting the priorities that have served as exemplars for the nation's educational establishment.
Reviews / Votes
Mr. Smith fulfills his intentions with as readable an account of Harvard as we are likely to need for a while. -- Robert A. McCaughey * New York Times Book Review * We appear to be at a turning point in the evolution of colleges and universities in America. As in earlier periods of our history, the institutions of higher education are changing in response to the knowledge needs of society... In reading Richard Norton Smith's The Harvard Century one revisits those forces and personalities shaping our major universities during the decisive decades of their development as the centers for scientific research. -- Christopher N. Breiseth * Change *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
20 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
594 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-674-37295-5 (9780674372955)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Richard Norton Smith is Director of the Gerald R. Ford Museum.