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	Campus Life: Undergraduate Cultures from the End of the Eighteenth Century to the Present by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 378.1980973 EAN 9780226353739 ISBN 0226353737 Manufacturer University Of Chicago Press Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 348 Publication Date April 15, 1988 Publisher University Of Chicago Press Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description 'Based on subtle, imaginative readings of autobiographies, memoirs, fiction and secondary sources, [Campus Life] tells the story of the changing mentalities of American undergraduates over two centuries.'—Michael Moffatt, New York Times Book Review When high school rebels embark upon college, they can pursue well-defined avenues of political or artistic expression, thanks to an alternative subculture available to American college freshmen since 1910, the author notes. The same is true for students who are more in the mainstreamthey can fall in step with a campus subculture that downplays academic work while glorifying social grace and athletic prowess. In addition to collegiate types and rebels, Horowitz, professor of history at the Univ. of Southern California, identifies a third subculture, that of the 'outsiders.' For these intensely serious students, college is primarily a means to rise in the world. This comprehensive social history redefines the terrain of campus life, past and present. By grounding her schema in vivid history and anecdote, the author is able to tackle head-on a fraternity-bred tradition, still wide-spread, which devalues academic and intellectual achievement. A path-breaking study. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. 'To put it directly,' writes Horowitz, 'college men and the faculty remain at war. Students who assumed the culture of college life avoided any contact with the enemy beyond that required. Knowing they would lose in open conflict, such students turned to deception, using any means to circumvent rules. . . . ' The situation she describes is at Yale in the early 1800s, not Columbia in the 1960s. Horowitz ( Alma Mater , LJ 8/84) has drawn on a wealth of material to offer a balanced yet candid appraisal of how each generation of American students has passed on its 'culture,' and how that culture has helped shape the modern college. She also provides an excellent context for assessing the recommendations of various national commissions aimed at changing the American college of the 1980s and beyond. Highly recommended. Richard H. Quay, Miami Univ . Libs., Oxford, Ohio Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. To capture the cultural mode of the campus and its changes over the years, Horowitz defines three types of undergraduates - insiders, outsiders and rebels. Their relationships with one another, professors and the world at large influenced the atmosphere of the American campus and affected the students themselves. History is usually written by the victors and certainly by the upper classes. To the author's credit, she realizes that much of what purports to be campus reportage has been written by the insider group, the patricians, the hale and hearty frat members - not by the others. These insiders regarded the ministerial students of the early days and, later, the poor student - often hard-working and mature - as comic or dreary types. However, the stereotypes were, says Horowitz, neither fair nor accurate. The domination of the college culture by the in-crowd did not mean that they held all the power or influence. Others were to change the culture of the schools, and these were mainly the outsiders and the rebels. The ebb and flow of battle is clearly drawn, here and, as related in Horowitz' cross-disciplinary analysis, is fascinating. The author is sensitive to these myriad influences and weaves them into a diverting account of the collegiate experience. Rock-solid sociology - and a good read. (Kirkus Reviews) 'Based on subtle, imaginative readings of autobiographies, memoirs, fiction and secondary sources, [Campus Life] tells the story of the changing mentalities of American undergraduates over two centuries.'—Michael Moffatt, New York Times Book Review Customers who bought this item also bought A History of American Higher Education In the Company of Educated Women: A History of Women and Higher Education in America The Uses of the University: 5th Edition (The Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government and the Duties of the Citizen) American Higher Education, Second Edition: A History My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student Customer Reviews for: Campus Life: Undergraduate Cultures from the End of the Eighteenth Century to the Present Rating - A nice historical text on the changes in student populations This history text focuses more on the classifications in the student population as defined by Horowitz and the changes in those individual populations over the years. Horowitz often refers to "The College Men," "The Outsiders," and "The Rebels." Each of these groups has played a significant role in the development of higher education and Horowitz does a fantastic job of tracking minority involvement and ownership into these groups over the years. ... Read More Rating - Fun and entertaining! This book does a wonderful job of describing student life in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. It should be required reading for all my fellow professors who pine for the fabled "good old days" when students were in awe of their professors, put a priority on their studies, and were virtuous. This book describes the reality, not the myth. It is a wonderful discussion of student life, including the rebels and outsiders. Several times I laughed outloud ... Read More See all books by author Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz

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