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Author:   W. Barksdale Maynard
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.406kg
ISBN:  

9780271050850

ISBN 10:   0271050853
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   26 April 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Part 1: The Rural Campus, 1746–1895 1 Going Back to Nassau Hall 2 Phoenix 3 Era of McCosh 4 The Golden Age of College Life 5 Oxford in New Jersey Part 2: Triumph of Collegiate Gothic, 1896–1932 6 The Poetry of Cope and Stewardson 7 Wilson and Cram 8 Spires and Gargoyles 9 Gothic as a Living Style 10 A Paradise for WASPs 11 Cram’s Magnificent Chapel Part 3: Arguing About Modernism, 1933–1979 12 God Deliver Us from Chromium and Concrete 13 Goodbye Gothic 14 Goheen Goes Modern 15 Co-Ed Part 4: The Rise and Fall of Postmodernism, 1980–2010 16 Complexity and Contradiction with Venturi 17 Neomodernism in the Age of Affluence 18 A Surprising Reversion to Gothic 19 The Gehry That Landed on Ivy Lane Acknowledgments Appendix: Buildings of Princeton University, 1754–2010 Notes Bibliography Illustration Credits Index

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<p> Anyone interested in universities, architecture, and social history will want to read this fascinating book. <p>--Neil L. Rudenstine, Harvard University

Anyone interested in universities, architecture, and social history will want to read this fascinating book. --Neil L. Rudenstine, Harvard University

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W. Barksdale Maynard is the author of five books on American history, architecture, and landscape. Trained as an architectural historian, he has taught at Johns Hopkins and Princeton.

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