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Herman B Wells : The Promise of the American University
ISBN: 9780253357205 | 0253357209
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Indiana Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 4/30/2012
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Energetic, shrewd, and charming, Herman B Wells was the driving force behind the transformation of Indiana University -- which became a model for American public higher education in the 20th century. As James H. Capshew's carefully researched study demonstrates, Wells was a person of unusual sensitivity and a skilled and empathetic communicator, and his character and vision shaped the structure, ethos, and spirit of the institution in countless ways. Wells articulated a persuasive vision of the place of the university in the modern world. Under... MORE
| preface: A Hoosier State of Mind | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| List of Abbreviations | p. xxi |
| Prologue Campus Centennial | p. 1 |
| The Shaping of a Fiduciary, 1902-1937 | |
| In the Land of Jordan | p. 11 |
| Betwixt Banking and Social Science | p. 37 |
| The Politics of Bank Reform | p. 59 |
| First Taste of Academic Stewardshi | p. 73 |
| T... MORE | |
| Acting like a President | p. 89 |
| A Vision for Indiana University | p. 115 |
| Charting a New Course | p. 135 |
| War Stories | p. 147 |
| Renouncing Prejudice | p. 165 |
| Postwar World, Home and Abroad | p. 179 |
| Music Appreciation | p. 207 |
| The Man behind Kinsey | p. 223 |
| A Metropolis of Books | p. 239 |
| Expanding the University's Universe | p. 253 |
| Passing the Presidential Torch | p. 279 |
| At Large in the World, 1962-2OOO | |
| Education and World Affairs | p. 293 |
| Back to Basics: Management and Marketing | p. 305 |
| Being Plucky: Covering the Distance | p. 325 |
| An Icon Aging in Place | p. 341 |
| A Peaceful Passing | p. 357 |
| Keeping the Memory Green | p. 371 |
| Epilogue: Reflections on a HoosierAntasus | p. 383 |
| Appendix Memorial Resolution | p. 387 |
| Notes | p. 393 |
| Bibliography | p. 425 |
| Index | p. 443 |
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James H. Capshew serves on the faculty of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University Bloomington. He is author of Psychologists on the March: Science, Practice, and Professional Identity in America, 1929-1969 as well as numerous scholarly articles, and has served as editor of the journal History of Psychology and as editor for psychology of the New Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
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