Downs, Donald Alexander.

Cornell '69 : liberalism and the crisis of the American university / Donald Alexander Downs. - Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, (c)1999. - 1 online resource (x, 359 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

""Cornell '69""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface to the 2012 Paperback Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Cornell University Map""; ""1. Overview of the Crisis""; ""The Road to the Straight ""; ""2. Student Militancy""; ""3. The Rise of Racial Politics""; ""4. Racial Justice versus Academic Freedom""; ""5. Separation or Integration?""; ""6. Progress or Impasse?""; ""7. Liberal Justice or Racism?""; ""The Straight Crisis ""; ""8. Day 1: The Takeover and the Arming of the Campus""; ""9. Day 2: The Deal""; ""10. Day 3: A ""Revolutionary Situation""""; ""11. Day 4: Student Power"" ""12. Day 5: A New Order""""The Aftermath ""; ""13. Reform, Reaction, Resignation""; ""14. Cornell and the Failure of Liberalism""; ""Chronology""; ""Participants""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Illustrations ""



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Cornell University--Student strike, 1969.
Cornell University--Administration--History.


Student movements--History.--United States
Black power--History.--United States
Education, Humanistic--United States.


Electronic Books.

LD1370 / .C676 1999