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CONTENTS Preface to the 2012 Paperback Edition ix Acknowledgments xiii Cornell University Map xvi 1. Overview of the Crisis THE ROAD TO THE STRAIGHT 2. Student Militancy 25 3. The Rise of Racial Politics 46 4. Racial Justice versus Academic Freedom 68 5. Separation or Integration? 97 6. Progress or Impasse? 124 7. Liberal Justice or Racism? 145 THE STRAIGHT CRISIS 8. Day 1: The Takeover and the Arming of the Campus 165 9. Day 2: The Deal 192 10. Day 3: A "Revolutionary Situation" 211 Ii. Day 4: Student Power 231 12. Day 5: A New Order 253 THE AfTERMATH 13. Reform, Reaction, Resignation 269 14. Cornell and the Failure of Liberalism 297 Chronology 309 Participants 316 Notes 324 Index 355 vII ...

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