16%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Oberlin History: Essays and Impressions
Geoffrey Blodgett
€ 33.99
€ 28.43
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Oberlin History: Essays and Impressions
Paperback. It was during the tumultuous years of the late 1960s and early 1970s that the author turned his attention to the rich history of Oberlin College and its surrounding northern Ohio community. This work includes essays which aim to help put contemporary campus crises and conflicts into historical context. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
It was during the tumultuous years of the late 1960s and early 1970s that Geoffrey Blodgett turned his attention to the rich history of Oberlin College and its surrounding northern Ohio community. He understood that well-researched and thoughtfully interpreted history can help a community better understand its mission and values and address its current dilemmas, and his aim for these essays was to help put contemporary campus crises and conflicts into historical context. Although several essays included in ""Oberlin History"" were originally published in scholarly journals, Blodgett clearly wrote these for an Oberlin audience. Elegantly written and grounded in wide-ranging ... Read more
It was during the tumultuous years of the late 1960s and early 1970s that Geoffrey Blodgett turned his attention to the rich history of Oberlin College and its surrounding northern Ohio community. He understood that well-researched and thoughtfully interpreted history can help a community better understand its mission and values and address its current dilemmas, and his aim for these essays was to help put contemporary campus crises and conflicts into historical context. Although several essays included in ""Oberlin History"" were originally published in scholarly journals, Blodgett clearly wrote these for an Oberlin audience. Elegantly written and grounded in wide-ranging ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873388870
SKU
V9780873388870
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About Geoffrey Blodgett
Geoffrey Blodgett (AB Oberlin, 1953; Ph.D. Harvard, 1960) was the Robert S. Danforth Professor of History at Oberlin College. His specialties included American intellectual history, American political history, and the social history of American architecture. He was the author of Oberlin Architecture, College, and Town: A Guide to Its Social History (Kent State University Press, 1985) and Cass Gilbert: The ... Read more
Reviews for Oberlin History: Essays and Impressions
"Geoffrey Blodgett was a much-loved professor and a distinguished scholar of American history who dedicated his entire academic career to Oberlin College and its students. This anthology... of subtle and sophisticated work... illuminates the history of a great college, the intellect of a gifted historian, and the character of an extraordinarily humane and gentle man." - from the Foreword by ... Read more