ISBN10: 0801400368, ISBN13: 9780801400360, [publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca] Hardcover Hardcover. Cornell University is fortunate to have as its historian a man of Morris Bishop's talents and devotion. As an accurate record and a work of art possessing form and personality, his book at once conveys the unique character of the early university-reflected in its vigorous founder, its first scholarly president, a brilliant and eccentric faculty, the hardy student body, and, sometimes unfortunately, its early architecture-and establishes Cornell's wider significance as a case history in the development of higher education. Cornell began in rebellion against the obscurantism of college education a century ago. Its record, claims the author, makes a social and cultural history of modern America. This story will undoubtedly entrance Cornellians; it will also charm a wider public. Dr. Allan Nevins, historian, wrote: "I anticipated that this book would meet the sternest tests of scholarship, insight, and literary finish. I find that it not only does this, but that it has other high merits. It shows grasp of ideas and forces. It is graphic in its presentation of character and idiosyncrasy. It lights up its story by a delightful play of humor, felicitously expressed.Its emphasis on fundamentals, without pomposity or platitude, is refreshing. Perhaps most important of all, it achieves one goal that in the history of a living university is both ...

Cornell University Press, Date: 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Cornell University Press ISBN 0801400368 9780801400360 [US]

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ISBN10: 0801400368, ISBN13: 9780801400360, [publisher: Cornell University Press] Hardcover First Edition First edition copy. . Good dust jacket.
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Cornell University Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. 2nd printing, 1973. (New York, Ithaca, Cornell University, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Cornell University Press ISBN 0801400368 9780801400360 [US]

ISBN10: 0801400368, ISBN13: 9780801400360, [publisher: Cornell University Press] Hardcover Good condition. Good dust jacket. 2nd printing, 1973. (New York, Ithaca, Cornell University, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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ISBN10: 0801400368, ISBN13: 9780801400360, [publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca] Hardcover First Edition First edition, harcover in jacket. Light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, a bit more to the jacket, which is edgeworn with several short tears, gift inscription else clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. "It is written, very plainly, by a man who has known and loved Cornell and Ithaca for a long time, who has steeped himself in the traditions and spirit of the institution, and who possesses the enthusiasm and skill to convey his understanding of these intangibles to the reader."-Dr. Allan Nevins. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and(generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!
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