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- Harry Huntt Ransom: Intellect in Motion
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- 2008
- Published by: University of Texas Press
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The first comprehensive biography of the visionary university chancellor who propelled the University of Texas at Austin to lasting levels of stature and established one of the world’s finest cultural archives, the Harry Ransom Center.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvii
- List of Abbreviations
- p. xviii
- About the Author
- p. xix
- 1. Beginnings
- pp. 1-10
- 2. Texas, Tennessee, Travels
- pp. 11-25
- 3. The Scholar
- pp. 26-38
- 4. The Teacher
- pp. 39-50
- 5. The Bare Fact of War
- pp. 51-69
- 7. The Rare Books Collection
- pp. 91-101
- 8. The Texas Quarterly
- pp. 102-107
- 10. Vice President and Provost
- pp. 126-136
- 11. University President
- pp. 137-149
- 12. The Chancellor
- pp. 150-167
- 13. Cambridge on the Range
- pp. 168-185
- 14. A University in Transition
- pp. 186-205
- 15. Prerogatives and Protests
- pp. 206-220
- 16. A Chancellor’s Prophecies
- pp. 221-229
- 17. Staying the Course
- pp. 230-236
- 18. “Mr. University”
- pp. 237-255
- 19. Farewells
- pp. 256-276
- 12. Legacies
- pp. 277-292
Additional Information
ISBN
9780292794122
Related ISBN(s)
9780292717046
MARC Record
OCLC
309904515
Pages
378
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
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No
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