Three Centuries of Harvard, 1636-1936 [Paperback]

Samuel Eliot Morison (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

No fragmentary quotations can indicate the unassuming, powerful scholarship, the tremendous thoroughness that has gone into the writing of Three Centuries of Harvard…Simplicity and sincerity blow away even the suspicion of proud didacticism, leaving unveiled a literary monument worthy of the oldest university in the United States. (Christian Science Monitor )

No one who had not completely mastered the towering piles of records which universities accumulate could possibly have written so authoritative a personal account…As for the educational questions treated, it must be said to Harvard's credit that there is hardly a controversial sore point in the whole range of higher education which has not been fought over in Cambridge during the last three hundred years. (New England Quarterly )

[Morison's] volume is rich in details as to the customs and manners of three centuries. Precise and luminous strokes tell the story of commencement and Class Day, with punches and without; of institute and Hasty Pudding; of porcellian and A.D. and Pi Eta and D.U.; of Navy Club and Med. Fac.; of boating and baseball and football. Always the dominant influence has been of Bostonian wealth and family; but, even in the most puritanical times it has been high spirited. (New York Times )

About the Author

Samuel Eliot Morison was Professor of History at Harvard University. His books won two Pulitzer Prizes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 520 pages
• Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (October 15, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067488891X
• ISBN-13: 978-0674888913
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,269,855 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)