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Autor/inn/en | Marion, Melody; Ford, Amanda |
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Titel | Carson-Newman University. From Appalachian dream to thriving educational community. |
Quelle | Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press (2023) |
Beigaben | Literaturangaben |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
ISBN | 9781621908166 (gebundene Ausgabe); 9781621908173 (PDF) |
Schlagwörter | USA; Carson-Newman University; History; Christian universities and colleges; United States; Erziehung |
Abstract | Before the beginning, 1832-1851 -- Birth and rebirth, 1851-1869 -- Progress and pain, hand in hand, 1869-1882 -- Coexistence, then confluence, 1883-1892 -- The building of a campus and a generation of scholars, 1892-1911 -- Rollercoaster years of upheaval, loss, and restoration, 1911-1919 -- Gathering storm clouds over an ethical morass, 1920-1927c-- National challenges met and sacrifices made, 1927-1948 -- Amid forward motion, a grateful look back, 1948-1963 -- The evolving revised standard version of the college, 1964-1977 -- A vision for greatness with a commitment to place, 1977-2000 -- Carson-Newman in the twenty-first century - coming full circle, 2000-2018 -- Epilogue -- A parting word. "Melody Marion and Amanda Ford trace the formation of this Jefferson City, Tennessee, institution from its founding as Mossy Creek Missionary Baptist Seminary in 1850 to the one-hundred-and-twenty acre university campus that is Carson-Newman today. Along the way, Marion and Ford discuss the school's Baptist foundations, its coeducational merger in the late nineteenth century, a string of presidents both exceptional and misguided, and its expansion from college to university in the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher. |
Erfasst von | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
Update | 2023/2/05 |