Author: Southern Regional Education BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Fact Book on Higher Education in the South
Author: Southern Regional Education BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A History of the University of South Carolina, 1940-2000
Author: Henry H. LesesnePublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570034442
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Describes the transformation of one of the nation's oldest public institutions of higher learning into a modern research university The history of the modern University of South Carolina (originally chartered as South Carolina College in 1801) describes the significant changes in the state and in the character of higher education in South Carolina. World War II, the civil rights struggle, and the revolution in research and South Carolina's economy transformed USC from a small state university in 1939, with a student body of less than 2,000 and an annual budget of $725,000, to a 1990 population of more than 25,000 and an annual budget of $454 million. Then the University was little more than a small liberal arts college; today the university is at the head of a statewide system of higher education with eight branch campuses. Henry H. Lesesne recounts the historic transformation of USC into a modern research university, grounding that change in the context of the modernization of South Carolina and the South in general. The half century from 1940 to 1990 wrought great changes in South Carolina and its most prominent university. State and national politics, the challenges of funding modern higher educations, and the explosive growth of intercollegiate sports are among other elements of the University that were transformed. Lesesne describes with candor and impressive research how the University of South Carolina and, indeed, all of the state's higher education system emerged from a past limited by racism and poverty and began to measure its aspirations by national educational standards.
Higher Education in the South
Author: Samuel Paul WigginsPublisher: Berkeley, Calif : McCutchan Publishing Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Segregation in education
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Sporting World of the Modern South
Author: Patrick B. MillerPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Engaging a medley of perspectives and methodologies, The Sporting World of the Modern South examines how sports map the social, political, and cultural landscapes of the modern South. In essays on the "backcountry" fighter stereotypes portrayed in modern professional wrestling and the significance of Crimson Tide coaching legend Paul "Bear" Bryant for white Alabamians, contributors explore the symbols that have shaped southern regional identities since the Civil War. Other essays tackle gender and race relations in intercollegiate athletics, uncover the roles athletic competitions played in desegregating the South, and address the popularity of NASCAR in the southern states. Pairing the action and anecdotes of good sports writing with rock-solid scholarship, The Sporting World of the Modern South adds historical and anthropological perspectives to legends and lore from the gridiron to the racetrack. This collection, with its innovative attention to the interplay between athletics and regional identity, is an insightful and compelling contribution to southern and sports history.
The Improbable Era
Author: Charles P. RolandPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813146208
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
In this concise yet comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and crisply written study, The Improbable Era places developments over the last three decades in Southern economics, politics, education, religion, the arts, and racial revolution into a disciplined framework that brings a measure of order to the perplexing chaos of this era of fundamental change in Southern life.
A Fact Book on Higher Education
Author: American Council on EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The New South, 1945-1980
Author: Numan V. BartleyPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807119440
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
First published in 1955 to wide acclaim, T. Harry Williams' P.G.T. Beauregard is universally regarded as "the first authoritative portrait of the Confederacy's always dramatic, often perplexing" general (Chicago Tribune). Chivalric, arrogant, and of exotic Creole Louisiana origin, Beauregard participated in every phase of the Civil War from its beginning to its end. He rigidly adhered to principles of war derived from his studies of Jomini and Napoleon, and yet many of his battle plans were rejected by his superiors, who regarded him as excitable, unreliable, and contentious. After the war, Beauregard was almost the only prominent Confederate general who adapted successfully to the New South, running railroads and later supervising the notorious Louisiana Lottery. This paradox of a man who fought gallantly to defend the Old South and then helped industrialize it is the fascinating subject of Williams' superb biography.
Fact Book on Higher Education
Author: American Council on EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Housing and Planning References
Author: A.I.D. Economic Data Book
Author: United States. Agency for International Development. Statistics and Reports DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia, Southeastern
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description