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Rot, Riot, and Rebellion: Mr. Jefferson's Struggle to Save the University That Changed America
Bowman, Rex, Santos, Carlos
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Paperback. Award-winning journalists Rex Bowman and Carlos Santos offer a dramatic re-creation of the University of VirginiaAEs early struggles. Political enemies, powerful religious leaders, and fundamentalist Christians fought Thomas Jefferson and worked to thwart his dream. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Thomas Jefferson had a radical dream for higher education. Designed to become the first modern public university, the University of Virginia was envisioned as a liberal campus with no religious affiliation, with elective courses and student self-government. Nearly two centuries after the university’s creation, its success now seems preordained—its founder, after all, was a great American genius. Yet what many don’t know is that Jefferson’s university almost failed.
In Rot, Riot, and Rebellion, award-winning journalists Rex Bowman and Carlos Santos offer a dramatic re-creation of the university’s early struggles. Political enemies, powerful religious leaders, and fundamentalist Christians fought Jefferson ... Read more
Thomas Jefferson had a radical dream for higher education. Designed to become the first modern public university, the University of Virginia was envisioned as a liberal campus with no religious affiliation, with elective courses and student self-government. Nearly two centuries after the university’s creation, its success now seems preordained—its founder, after all, was a great American genius. Yet what many don’t know is that Jefferson’s university almost failed.
In Rot, Riot, and Rebellion, award-winning journalists Rex Bowman and Carlos Santos offer a dramatic re-creation of the university’s early struggles. Political enemies, powerful religious leaders, and fundamentalist Christians fought Jefferson ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813937632
SKU
V9780813937632
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About Bowman, Rex, Santos, Carlos
Former reporters for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Rex Bowman and Carlos Santos have been writing about Virginia for more than fifty years. Rex Bowman has written for Time, the Washington Times, and New York Times Upfront. Carlos Santos has covered stories for the New York Times and People Magazine as well as for the Associated Press.
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