Wertenbaker Princeton, 1746-1896

With a New preface by John M. Murrin
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5743-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 524, 476 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Originally published fifty years ago, Princeton, 1746-1896 has taken its place as one of the best institutional histories in America. Yet the book is more than an institutional history just as Princeton University, with its complex religious and political roots and impressive list of faculty and alumni, is more than simply a college. Princeton, 1746-1896 will be valued by some readers as a rich and well-documented commentary on education in early America, and by others as a fascinating collection of biographies of some of the more influential people in American history, including Princeton University President and, later, U. S. President, Woodrow Wilson.

Originally published in 1946.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. v
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. vii
PREFACE TO THE 1996 PAPERBACK EDITION, pg. ix
CHAPTER I. The Cornerstone Is Laid, pg. 1
CHAPTER II. T The Cradle of Liberty, pg. 48
CHAPTER III. The School of Statesmen, pg. 80
CHAPTER IV. The Stepchild of the Church, pg. 118
CHAPTER V. Princeton’s Nadir, pg. 153
CHAPTER VI. Life in Nassau Hall 1790-1830, pg. 184
CHAPTER VII. The Alumni to the Rescue, pg. 215
CHAPTER VIII. Through Fire and War, pg. 256
CHAPTER IX. The Birth of a University, pg. 290
CHAPTER X. Expansion and Inaction, pg. 344
CONCLUSION, pg. 391
APPENDIX Charters of the College of New Jersey, October 22, 1746 and September 14, 1748, pg. 396
INDEX, pg. 405