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- Amherst in the World
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- 2020
- Published by: Amherst College Press
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In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Amherst College, a group of scholars and alumni explore the school’s substantial past in this volume. Amherst in the World tells the story of how an institution that was founded to train Protestant ministers began educating new generations of industrialists, bankers, and political leaders with the decline in missionary ambitions after the Civil War. The contributors trace how what was a largely white school throughout the interwar years begins diversifying its student demographics after World War II and the War in Vietnam. The histories told here illuminate how Amherst has contended with slavery, wars, religion, coeducation, science, curriculum, town and gown relations, governance, and funding during its two centuries of existence. Through Amherst’s engagement with educational improvement in light of these historical undulations, it continually affirms both the vitality and the utility of a liberal arts education.
Contributions by Martha Saxton, Gary J. Kornblith, David W. Wills, Frederick E. Hoxie, Trent Maxey, Nicholas L. Syrett, Wendy H. Bergoffen, Rick López, Matthew Alexander Randolph, Daniel Levinson Wilk, K. Ian Shin, David S. Reynolds, Jane F. Thrailkill, Julie Dobrow, Richard F. Teichgraeber III, Debby Applegate, Michael E. Jirik, Bruce Laurie, Molly Michelmore, and Christian G. Appy.
Contributions by Martha Saxton, Gary J. Kornblith, David W. Wills, Frederick E. Hoxie, Trent Maxey, Nicholas L. Syrett, Wendy H. Bergoffen, Rick López, Matthew Alexander Randolph, Daniel Levinson Wilk, K. Ian Shin, David S. Reynolds, Jane F. Thrailkill, Julie Dobrow, Richard F. Teichgraeber III, Debby Applegate, Michael E. Jirik, Bruce Laurie, Molly Michelmore, and Christian G. Appy.
Table of Contents
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- Half Title
- p. i
- Copyright Page
- p. ii
- Part I: Student Bodies and Souls
- pp. 9-10
- Amherst and the Native World
- pp. 51-72
- Jewish Experience at Amherst College
- pp. 101-114
- Coeducation: The Unanticipated Revolution
- pp. 115-128
- Feeding Amherst
- pp. 163-180
- Part II: The College and Beyond
- pp. 181-182
- The Amherst Man in the Jazz Age
- pp. 269-288
- Part III: Emergencies
- pp. 289-290
- List of Contributors
- pp. 353-356
- Acknowledgments
- p. 357
Additional Information
ISBN
9780943184210
Related ISBN(s)
9780943184203
MARC Record
OCLC
1227504401
Launched on MUSE
2021-09-03
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC