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"This institutional history of the University of Chicago, as told by the longtime dean of the college, thoroughly engages with the history and the lived politics of the university. Boyer is both sweeping and precise in relating battles over finance, policy, and vision that shaped this legendary and groundbreaking institution. He details, too, some of the university's failures and weak periods. Boyer's tale is filled with larger-than-life-characters--John D. Rockefeller, Robert Maynard Hutchins, and many less famous figures ...

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    • Title: The University of Chicago by John W. Boyer
    • Publisher: University of Chicago Press
    • Print ISBN: 9780226242514, 022624251X
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    • Edition: 2015 1st edition
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