Hutchins' university : a memoir of the University of Chicago, 1929-1950 / William H. McNeill.
The inauguration of Robert Maynard Hutchins as the fifth President of the University of Chicago in 1929 coincided with a drastically changed social and economic climate throughout the world. And Hutchins himself opened an era of tumultuous reform and debate within the University. In the midst of the...
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University of Chicago Press,
1991.
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| Series: | Centennial Publications of the U of C Pr.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; The University of Chicago in 1929; Honeymoon on the Midway, 1929-1931; Chiaroscuro of the Depression Years, 1931-1936; The Drift toward War, 1937-1941; The War Years, 1941-1946; Bloom and Decay: The End of an Era, 1946-1950; Epilogue; Notes; Index.