Becoming Penn

Becoming Penn
Author :
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 462
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780812291087
ISBN-13 : 0812291085
Rating : 4/5 (085 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Becoming Penn by : John L. Puckett

Download or read book Becoming Penn written by John L. Puckett and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second half of the twentieth century saw the University of Pennsylvania grow in size as well as in stature. On its way to becoming one of the world's most celebrated research universities, Penn exemplified the role of urban renewal in the postwar redevelopment and expansion of urban universities, and the indispensable part these institutions played in the remaking of American cities. Yet urban renewal is only one aspect of this history. Drawing from Philadelphia's extensive archives as well as the University's own historical records and publications, John L. Puckett and Mark Frazier Lloyd examine Penn's rise to eminence amid the social, moral, and economic forces that transformed major public and private institutions across the nation. Becoming Penn recounts the shared history of university politics and urban policy as the campus grappled with twentieth-century racial tensions, gender inequality, labor conflicts, and economic retrenchment. Examining key policies and initiatives of the administrations led by presidents Gaylord Harnwell, Martin Meyerson, Sheldon Hackney, and Judith Rodin, Puckett and Lloyd revisit the actors, organizations, and controversies that shaped campus life in this turbulent era. Illustrated with archival photographs of the campus and West Philadelphia neighborhood throughout the late twentieth century, Becoming Penn provides a sweeping portrait of one university's growth and impact within the broader social history of American higher education.


Becoming Penn Related Books

Becoming Penn
Language: en
Pages: 462
Authors: John L. Puckett
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-26 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

GET EBOOK

The second half of the twentieth century saw the University of Pennsylvania grow in size as well as in stature. On its way to becoming one of the world's most c
Becoming Penn
Language: en
Pages: 464
Authors: John L. Puckett
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-22 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

GET EBOOK

After World War II, the University of Pennsylvania became one of the world's most celebrated research universities. John L. Puckett and Mark Frazier Lloyd trace
Becoming a Revolutionary
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: Timothy Tackett
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-14 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

GET EBOOK

Here Timothy Tackett tests some of the diverse explanations of the origins of the French Revolution by examining the psychological itineraries of the individual
You Can't Be Serious
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Kal Penn
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-02 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

GET EBOOK

The star of the Harold and Kumar franchise, House, and Designated Survivor recounts why he rejected the advice of his aunties and guidance counselors and, inste
You Got This!
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Maya S. Penn
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-12 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

GET EBOOK

Everyone is talking about the entrepreneur, animator, eco-designer, and girls’ rights activist Maya Penn. Her TEDWomen Talk has been viewed over 1,200,000 mil