{"product_id":"univ-of-wisconsin-v4-e-david-cronon-9780299162900","title":"Univ of Wisconsin V4: Renewal to Revolution, 1945-1971","description":"A great university in turbulent times \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the deluge of World War II vets on the GI bill through the 1960s radicalism that made national headlines, the University of Wisconsin's history has been a part of American history. Historians, as well as the University's hundreds of thousands of alumni, faculty, staff, and students, will welcome this fourth volume covering the University's recent past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eE. David Cronon and John W. Jenkins record in lively, readable prose a period that began with the influx of returning war veterans, more than doubling the University's enrollment in a single year. They explore the dark McCarthy era of loyalty oaths and blacklists during the 1950s and detail the actions of University president E. B. Fred, who stood out among American academic leaders for his commitment to principle and fair play.\u003cp\u003eThe turbulent 1960s, which opened with students reporting on their summertime Freedom Ride experiences throughout the American South and ended with the Vietnam War-related bombing of Sterling Hall in 1970, are a record of how an era of idealism gave way to one characterized by angry dissent and disorder, the rise of women's liberation, flower power, black power, and student power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history concludes with the passage of legislation creating the University of Wisconsin System of campuses in 1971--an action that followed nearly three decades of experiments, compromises, and political struggles involving several governors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. David Cronon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299162907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299162900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.34w x 1.60d","brand":"E. David Cronon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47419035910399,"sku":"9780299162900","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3409710-7f30-458a-a469-5f9a90946618.jpg?v=1761509061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/univ-of-wisconsin-v4-e-david-cronon-9780299162900","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}