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The rise of American philosophy : Cambridge, Massachusetts 1860-1930
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ISBN: 0300020392 9780300020397 Year: 1977 Publisher: New Haven (Conn.): Yale university


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Between Harvard and America : the educational leadership of Charles W. Eliot
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ISBN: 0195015959 Year: 1972 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Oxford university press


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An account of the Harvard Greek play
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ISBN: 051170786X 1108010822 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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In May 1881, students of Harvard University performed Sophocles' masterpiece, Oedipus Tyrannus, in the original Greek. Witnessed by 6,000 people, this performance was reported far and wide, and has gone down in theatre history as a huge success which excited almost universal enthusiasm. Henry Norman's 1882 book commemorates the performance, providing a record of permanent value for every student of Sophocles. Norman describes the background to the decision to stage the play, and presents key information on Sophocles and the characteristics of Greek tragedy. He then recounts the performance in detail, describing the aspects of the play which made it such a memorable experience, including the music, the setting and the scholarship. The book includes a transcript of the programme and illustrations showing some of the costumes and key moments of the play. It provides a fascinating contemporary account of this landmark in the modern revival of classical Greek theatre.


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Philosophy 4 : a story of Harvard University
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ISBN: 066578094X Publisher: G.N. Morang


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The Harvard sampler : liberal education for the twenty-first century
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ISBN: 0674062906 9780674062900 9780674059023 0674059026 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press

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From Harvard University, one of the world's preeminent institutions of liberal education, comes a collection of essays sampling topics at the forefront of academia in the twenty-first century. Written by faculty members at the cutting edge of their fields, including such luminaries as Steven Pinker, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and Harry R. Lewis, these essays offer a clear and accessible overview of disciplines that are shaping the culture, and even the world.The authors, among the most respected members of Harvard's faculty, invite readers to explore subjects as diverse as religious literacy and Islam, liberty and security in cyberspace, medical science and epidemiology, energy resources, evolution, morality, human rights, global history, the dark side of the American Revolution, American literature and the environment, interracial literature, and the human mind. They summarize key developments in their fields in ways that will both entertain and edify those who seek an education beyond the confines of the classroom.It is sometimes said that youth is wasted on the young. It could also be said that college, too often, is wasted on college students-that only after graduating does a former student come to appreciate learning. To those wishing to revisit the college classroom-as well as to those who never had the opportunity in the first place-this book gives a taste of the modern course at Harvard. The essays are stimulating and informative, and the annotated bibliographies accompanying each chapter provide invaluable guidance to the life-long learner who wants to pursue these fascinating topics in depth.

Makers and markets : the wright collection of twentieth-century native american art
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ISBN: 0873658256 Year: 1998 Publisher: Cambridge Peabody museum of archaeology and ethnology, Harvard University


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Moral philosophy at seventeenth-century Harvard : a discipline in transition
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ISBN: 0807814598 Year: 1981 Publisher: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina press

Making Harvard modern
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ISBN: 0195144570 9780195144574 1602569118 9781602569119 9780198033011 019803301X 1280531622 9781280531620 9786610531622 6610531625 0190286881 9780190286880 0195302818 9780195302813 0197561829 9780197561829 Year: 2001 Publisher: New York Oxford University Press

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