Cornell '69 : liberalism and the crisis of the American university

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Title:

Cornell '69 : liberalism and the crisis of the American university

Author:

Downs, Donald Alexander.

Personal Author:

Downs, Donald Alexander.

Publication Information:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1999.

Physical Description:

x, 359 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

Overview of the crisis -- Student militancy -- The rise of racial politics -- Racial justice versus academic freedom -- Separation or integration? -- Progress or impasse? -- Liberal justice or racism? -- Day 1: the takeover and the arming of the campus -- Day 2: the deal -- Day 3: a "revolutionary situation" -- Day 4: student power -- Day 5: a new order -- Reform, reaction, resignation -- Cornell and the failure of liberalism.

Reading Level:

1350 Lexile.

Corporate Subject:

Cornell University -- Student strike, 1969.

Cornell University -- Administration -- History.

Cornell University -- Strike, 1969.

Subject Term:

Student movements -- United States -- History.

Black power -- United States -- History.

Education, Humanistic -- United States.

ISBN:

9780801436536