Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Foreword / by Tim Kaine -- Introduction -- The merger -- Setting out, 1968 -1969 -- A university emerges -- T. Edward Temple and the comprehensive university -- Edmund Ackell and the comprehensive research university -- The 1980s: Hard times, hard feelings, and conflicts with the neighbors -- Playing through the rain, 1990 -- 1992 -- Planning one university, 1993 -- 1994 -- Building one university, 1995 -- 1999 -- Virginia's university, 2000 -- 2004 -- Opportunity university, 2005 -- 2009 -- Epilogue: "Anchor Institution." |
Summary |
"A definitive history of Virginia Commonwealth University, providing insight into the growth and role of urban universities writ large"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 24, 2020) |
Subject |
Virginia Commonwealth University -- History
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SUBJECT |
Virginia Commonwealth University. fast (OCoLC)fst00585418 |
Subject |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV).
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SUBJECT |
Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 20th century
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Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 21st century
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Virginia -- History -- 20th century
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Virginia -- History -- 21st century
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Subject |
Virginia.
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Virginia -- Richmond.
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Genre/Form |
History.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Trani, Eugene P., author.
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University of Virginia. Press.
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LC no. |
2020024993 |
ISBN |
081394483X |
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9780813944838 |
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