ISBN10: 1589016890, ISBN13: 9781589016897, [publisher: Georgetown University Press] Hardcover The discovery and imparting of knowledge are the essential undertakings of any university. Designed with over 300 illustrations and photographs, this title tells the remarkable story of the administrators, boards, faculty, students, and programs that have made Georgetown a leading institution of higher education. Num Pages: 496 pages, 125 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 3JH; 3JJ; HRLP; JNB; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1589. . 2010. Hardback. . . . .
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ISBN10: 1589016890, ISBN13: 9781589016897, [publisher: Georgetown University Press, Washington, DC] Hardcover Hardcover. The discovery and imparting of knowledge are the essential undertakings of any university. Such purposes determined John Carroll, SJ's modest and surprisingly ecumenical proposal to establish an academy on the banks of the Potomac for the education of the young in the early republic. What began earnestly in 1789 still continues today: the idea of Georgetown University as a Catholic university situated squarely in the American experience. Beautifully designed with over 300 illustrations and photographs, "A History of Georgetown University" tells the remarkable story of the administrators, boards, faculty, students, and programs that have made Georgetown a leading institution of higher education. With a keen eye for detail, historian Robert Emmett Curran - a member of the Georgetown community for over three decades - explores the broader perspective of Georgetown's sense of identity and its place in American culture.Volume One traces Georgetown's evolution during its first century, from its beginnings as an academy within the American Catholic community of the Revolutionary War era through its flowering as a college before the Civil War to its postbellum achievements as a university. Volume Two highlights the efforts of administrators and faculty over the next seventy-five years to make Georgetown an ascending and increasingly ...