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The University of Oklahoma: A History: Volume I, 1890-1917
Contributor(s): Levy, David W. (Author)
ISBN: 0806139765     ISBN-13: 9780806139760
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
OUR PRICE:   $21.73  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2008
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Annotation: The early history of the University of Oklahoma
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | History
- Education | Higher
Dewey: 378.766
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7" W x 9.9" (1.30 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Oklahoma
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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Publisher Description:

This book, the first in a projected three-volume definitive history, traces the University's progress from territorial days to 1917. David W. Levy examines the people and events surrounding the school's formation and development, chronicling the determined ambition of pioneers to transform a seemingly barren landscape into a place where a worthy institution of higher education could thrive.

The University of Oklahoma was established by the territorial legislature in 1890. With that act, Norman became the educational center of the future state. Levy captures the many factors--academic, political, financial, religious--that shaped the University. Drawing on a great depth of research in primary documents, he depicts the University's struggles to meet its goals as it confronted political interference, financial uncertainty, and troubles ranging from disastrous fires to populist witch hunts. Yet he also portrays determined teachers and optimistic students who understood the value of a college education.

Written in an engaging style and enhanced by an array of historical photographs, this volume is a testimony to the citizens who overcame formidable obstacles to build a school that satisfied their ambitions and embodied their hopes for the future.

Contributor Bio(s): Levy, David W.: - David W. Levy is retired as the Irene and Julian J. Rothbaum Professor of Modern American History and David Ross Boyd Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Herbert Croly of the New Republic: The Life and Thought of an American Progressive and Mark Twain: The Divided Mind of America's Best-Loved Writer and coeditor of seven volumes of the letters of Supreme Court justice Louis D. Brandeis.