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"Axtell’s retelling is vivid, particularly as he tracks larger societal changes alongside the university’s transformation". -- ForeWord Magazine
"Being arguably the most readable account of Princeton ever written". -- Stuart Mitchner, Town Topics
"Being arguably the most readable account of Princeton ever written". -- Stuart Mitchner, Town Topics
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Do we really need another 600-plus pages about the University? The answer is yes--if the book in question is as good as this one is. . . . [I]t's appeal transcends the alumni market. Besides being arguably the most readable account of Princeton ever written, this overview of college life is so illuminating on such a wide range of subjects, including administration, faculty, admission standards, scholarship, and life inside and outside the classroom, that it stands not only as the definitive work on its specific subject but as an invaluable study of the university experience in general.
(Stuart Mitchner Town Topics )
Axtell's retelling is vivid, particularly as he tracks larger societal changes alongside the university's transformation. His explanation of Princeton's changing politics, style and patois serves as a fascinating guidebook to understanding the university through all its various permutations.
(Iris Blasi ForeWord Magazine )
Mixing scholarly excellence with subtle humor, Axtell is both an excellent historian and storyteller.... The Making of Princeton University is more than a mere institutional history: It is the story of the transformation of an American icon.
(J. Gregory Behle Journal of American History )
An excellent and exceedingly well-written book. . . . It is hard to imagine a better book on a single university. The Making of Princeton University is engagingly written, judicious in its use of materials, exceptionally well researched (here Axtell had the advantage of an outstanding archival collection), and wise in its understanding of how Princeton has become what it is.
(Marvin Lazerson Academe )
Here we have finally an outstanding historian writing about a significant institution. The writing is lively; the case study is connected to the larger domains of American higher education. It provides an antidote to the familiar reasons that institutional history has been maligned or ignored. Axtell's story gets off to a great start due to his historical candor. . . . Thanks to James Axtell's exciting, thorough history, a reader moves steadily to consider that it is daring for a university to be different and distinctive.
(John R. Thelin Journal of Higher Education )
(Stuart Mitchner Town Topics )
Axtell's retelling is vivid, particularly as he tracks larger societal changes alongside the university's transformation. His explanation of Princeton's changing politics, style and patois serves as a fascinating guidebook to understanding the university through all its various permutations.
(Iris Blasi ForeWord Magazine )
Mixing scholarly excellence with subtle humor, Axtell is both an excellent historian and storyteller.... The Making of Princeton University is more than a mere institutional history: It is the story of the transformation of an American icon.
(J. Gregory Behle Journal of American History )
An excellent and exceedingly well-written book. . . . It is hard to imagine a better book on a single university. The Making of Princeton University is engagingly written, judicious in its use of materials, exceptionally well researched (here Axtell had the advantage of an outstanding archival collection), and wise in its understanding of how Princeton has become what it is.
(Marvin Lazerson Academe )
Here we have finally an outstanding historian writing about a significant institution. The writing is lively; the case study is connected to the larger domains of American higher education. It provides an antidote to the familiar reasons that institutional history has been maligned or ignored. Axtell's story gets off to a great start due to his historical candor. . . . Thanks to James Axtell's exciting, thorough history, a reader moves steadily to consider that it is daring for a university to be different and distinctive.
(John R. Thelin Journal of Higher Education )
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New York, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson, Report of the President, Princeton Companion, New Jersey, Ivy League, Nassau Hall, United States, Daily Princetonian, Nassau Sovereign, Dean West, Nassau Herald, Academic Years, Johns Hopkins, Alumni Weekly, Andrew Fleming West, Big Three, Scott Fitzgerald, Nation's Service, Brother Woodrow, University of Chicago, Half-Opened Door, Julian Boyd, Nassau Street New!
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