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Clearly written and compellingly argued, Nathan Sorber's Land-Grant Colleges and Popular Revolt should be read by every land-grant institution graduate and faculty and staff member, and by all high government officials who deal with public higher education.¿ Times Higher Education
PrefaceIntroduction: Reconsidering the Origins and Early Years of the Land-Grant Colleges1. Experimentation in Antebellum Higher Education2. Justin Morrill, the Land-Grant Act of 1862, and the Birth of the Land-Grant Colleges3. The Land-Grant Reformation4. The New Middle Class and the State College Ideal5. Progressivism and the Rise of Extension6. Coeducation and Land-Grant WomenConclusion: Land-Grant Memories, Legacies, and HorizonsNotesBibliographyIndex