Rosenthal Nicholas Miraculous

The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-231-53952-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

An engrossing biography of a major American figure who skirmished with many of the twentieth-century’s leading philanthropists, statesmen, and educators.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosenthal, Michael

Weitere Mitwirkende

O’Toole, Patricia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by Patricia O'Toole
Introduction: The Sage
Flying the Union Jack
"An Indubitable Genius"
A University Is Born
Educator
The Twelfth President
"Great Personalities Make Great Universities"
An Old Shoe
Teddy Roosevelt and a Horse Called Nicoletta
"Dear Tessie"
"Mr. Butler's Asylum"
At Home—and Away
"Pick Nick for a Picnic in November"
"Kid" Butler, the Columbia Catamount, vs. "Wild Bill" Borah, the Boise Bearcat
"Jastrow Is, I'm Sorry to Say, a Hebrew"
The Path to Peace
Perils of Bolshevism, Promises of Fascism
The Fund-raiser
"Morningside's Miracle"
Resignation, Retirements, and Death
Epilogue: The Disappearance
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Rosenthal was associate dean of Columbia College for seventeen years, later becoming, as a member of the English Department, the first holder of the Roberta and William Campbell Professorship of the Humanities at Columbia University. His books include Virginia Woolf and The Character Factory: Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts and the Imperatives of Empire.