Facing Life / Youth and the Family in American History - 1st - 1971 - 328

A brilliant synthesis of a central but neglected area of American History. Preface, A Way of Life on the Soil, Beyond the Clearing - 1600-1770, The Price of Skills, Learning, Colleges in the Wilderness, Space for Expansion - 1770-1870, Where the Boys Went, And the Girls, Training to Achieve, The Value of Moral Discipline, Finding Place - 187-1930, The Consequences of Opportunity, On the Wrong Tracks, On the Right Track, College Days, The Challenges of an Open Society - 1930-1960, Social and Personal Change, The Discipline of Scholarship, Yearning for Security, The Graduates - 1960-1970, Youth in Affluence, The Vulnerability of the University, Personae, Other References.

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