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UNLV: The University Of Nevada, Las Vegas: A History
Eugene P. Moehring
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Description for UNLV: The University Of Nevada, Las Vegas: A History
Hardcover. Recounts University of Nevada, Las Vegas' phenomenal growth. This work covers the personalities who created and guided the school, from Maude Frazier, the visionary educator who fought to bring higher education to southern Nevada, to the professors, administrators, and other campus personalities who helped shape the institution and its traditions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 76 b/w photos, 48 colour photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBT; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1601.
In 1951, the rapidly growing population of Las Vegas was demanding teachers for the city's burgeoning schools and an opportunity for local high school graduates to earn a university degree close to home. That year, Nevada's Board of Regents, the governing board of the state's system of higher education, initiated a post - high school program in Las Vegas as an extension branch of the University of Nevada in Reno. Few people at the time anticipated the fledgling institution's remarkable future. With an initial enrollment of twelve full-time students taking evenings-only classes in the cramped dressing rooms of the Las ... Read more
In 1951, the rapidly growing population of Las Vegas was demanding teachers for the city's burgeoning schools and an opportunity for local high school graduates to earn a university degree close to home. That year, Nevada's Board of Regents, the governing board of the state's system of higher education, initiated a post - high school program in Las Vegas as an extension branch of the University of Nevada in Reno. Few people at the time anticipated the fledgling institution's remarkable future. With an initial enrollment of twelve full-time students taking evenings-only classes in the cramped dressing rooms of the Las ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874177091
SKU
V9780874177091
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About Eugene P. Moehring
Eugene P. Moehring is professor of history at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. He is also the author of Resort City in the Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930-2000 and of Urbanism and Empire in the Far West, 1840-1890 (both published by the University of Nevada Press). Michael S. Green is professor of history at the Community College of Southern ... Read more
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