Bøker av E.David Cronon

An account of the political, social, and educational transformations, emphasizing the effect of Wisconsin's partisan politics on the University, the growth of the faculty's role in institutional governance, the development of student communities and the enhancement of its academic reputation.

This fourth volume in the history of the University of Wisconsin covers events from the deluge of World War II vets on the GI bill to the 1960s radicalism which made national headlines. The authors also explore the effects of the McCarthy era and the actions of university president E.B. Fred.

In the early twentieth century, Marcus Garvey sowed the seeds of a new black pride. Attacked by the black intelligentsia and ridiculed by the white press, this Jamaican immigrant astonished all with his black nationalist rhetoric. This book brings this controversial figure to life and recovers the significance of his life and work.