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Rhodes Scholars, Oxford, and the Creation of an American Elite
Author | : Thomas J. Schaeper |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2010-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1845457218 |
Each year thirty-two seniors at American universities are awarded Rhodes Scholarships, which entitle them to spend two or three years studying at the University of Oxford. The program, founded by the British colonialist and entrepreneur Cecil Rhodes and established in 1903, has become the world's most famous academic scholarship and has brought thousands of young Americans to study in England. Many of these later became national leaders in government, law, education, literature, and other fields. Among them were the politicians J. William Fulbright, Bill Bradley, and Bill Clinton; the public policy analysts Robert Reich and George Stephanopoulos; the writer Robert Penn Warren; the entertainer Kris Kristofferson; and the Supreme Court Justices Byron White and David Souter. Based on extensive research in published and unpublished documents and on hundreds of interviews, this book traces the history of the program and the stories of many individuals. In addition it addresses a host of questions such as: how important was the Oxford experience for the individual scholars? To what extent has the program created an old-boy (-girl since 1976) network that propels its members to success? How many Rhodes Scholars have cracked under the strain and failed to live up to expectations? How have the Americans coped with life in Oxford and what have they thought of Britain in general? Beyond the history of the program and the individuals involved, this book also offers a valuable examination of the American-British cultural encounter.
The American Oxonian
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 748 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Vol. for 1934- include Addresses and occupations of Rhodes scholars and other Oxonians (called 1934-36, Addresses and occupations of Rhodes scholars).
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Author | : Kelly Boyd |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 864 |
Release | : 2019-10-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 113678764X |
The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing contains over 800 entries ranging from Lord Acton and Anna Comnena to Howard Zinn and from Herodotus to Simon Schama. Over 300 contributors from around the world have composed critical assessments of historians from the beginning of historical writing to the present day, including individuals from related disciplines like Jürgen Habermas and Clifford Geertz, whose theoretical contributions have informed historical debate. Additionally, the Encyclopedia includes some 200 essays treating the development of national, regional and topical historiographies, from the Ancient Near East to the history of sexuality. In addition to the Western tradition, it includes substantial assessments of African, Asian, and Latin American historians and debates on gender and subaltern studies.
The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Author | : Philip Alexander Bruce |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 522 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Virginia |
ISBN | : |
Vols. 1-28, 30-31, 33-34 include the society's Proceedings... at its annual meeting... 1893-1923, 1926.
Handbook for Research in American History
Author | : Francis Paul Prucha |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780803287310 |
When the Handbook for Research in American History was first published, reviewers called it "an excellent tool for historians of all interests and levels of experience . . . simple to use, and concisely worded" (Western Historical Quarterly) and "an excellent work that fulfills its title in being portable yet well-filled" (Reference Reviews). The Journal of American History added, "It is not easy to produce a reference work that is utilitarian and enriching and does not duplicate existing works. Professor Prucha has done the job very well." This second, revised edition takes account of the revolution that is occurring in bibliographic science as printed reference works extend to electronic databases, CD-ROMs, and online networks such as the Internet. Focusing on and expanding the major section of the original Handbook, it provides information on traditional printed works, describes new guides and updated versions of old ones, notes the availability of reference works and of some full-text sources in electronic form, and discusses the usefulness to researchers of different kinds of material and the forms in which they are available. Extensive cross-referencing and a detailed index that includes authors, subjects, and titles enhance the book's usefulness.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Author | : Library of Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Catalogs, Union |
ISBN | : |
Based on reports from American repositories of manuscripts.
The British Empire Before the American Revolution: A guide to manuscripts relating to the history of the British Empire, 1748-1776
Author | : Lawrence Henry Gipson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Essays in the Economic History of the Atlantic World
Author | : John McCusker |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 2005-08-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1134703392 |
Written by one of the leading authorities on trade and finance in the early modern Atlantic world, these fourteen essays, revised and integrated for this volume, share as their common theme the development of the Atlantic economy, especially British America and the Caribbean. Topics treated range from early attempts in medieval England to measure the carrying capacity of ships, through the advent in Renaissance Italy and England of business newspapers that reported on the traffic of ships, cargoes and market prices, to the state of the economy of France over the two hundred years before the French Revolution and of the British West Indies between 1760 and 1790. Included is the story of Thomas Irving who challenged and thwarted the likes of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.