Becoming Penn: The Pragmatic American University, 1950-2000

by John L. Puckett and Mark Frazier Lloyd

The second half of the twentieth century saw the University of Pennsylvania grow in size as well as in stature. On its way to becoming one of the world's most celebrated research universities, Penn exemplified the role of urban renewal in the postwar redevelopment and expansion of urban universities, and the indispensable part these institutions played in the remaking of American cities. Yet urban renewal is only one aspect of this history. Drawing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812246802
• ISBN13: 9780812246803
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"