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Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004 Hardcover – October 22, 2003

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Stand, Columbia! Alma Mater

Through the storms of Time abide

Stand, Columbia! Alma Mater

Through the storms of Time abide.

"Stand, Columbia!" by Gilbert Oakley Ward, Columbia College 1902 (1904)

Marking the 250th anniversary of one of America's oldest and most formidable educational institutions, this comprehensive history of Columbia University extends from the earliest discussions in 1704 about New York City being "a fit Place for a colledge" to the recent inauguration of president Lee Bollinger, the nineteenth, on Morningside Heights. One of the original "Colonial Nine" schools, Columbia's distinctive history has been intertwined with the history of New York City. Located first in lower Manhattan, then in midtown, and now in Morningside Heights, Columbia's national and international stature have been inextricably identified with its urban setting.

Columbia was the first of America's "multiversities," moving beyond its original character as a college dedicated to undergraduate instruction to offer a comprehensive program in professional and graduate studies. Medicine, law, architecture, and journalism have all looked to the graduates and faculty of Columbia's schools to provide for their ongoing leadership and vitality. In 2003, a sampling of Columbia alumni include one member of the United States Supreme Court, three United States senators, three congressmen, three governors (New York, New Jersey, and California), a chief justice of the New York Court of Appeals, and a president of the New York City Board of Education. But it is perhaps as a contributor of ideas and voices to the broad discourse of American intellectual life that Columbia has most distinguished itself. From The Federalist Papers, written by Columbians John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, to Charles Beard's An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution and Jack Kerouac's On the Road to Edward Said's Orientalism, Columbia and its graduates have greatly influenced American intellectual and public life. Stand, Columbia also examines the experiences of immigrants, women, Jews, African Americans, and other groups as it takes critical measure of the University's efforts to become more inclusive and more reflective of the diverse city that it calls home.

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October 22, 2003
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fascinating stories of the past that seem eerily familiar in the present, even for those who have never set foot on the Columbia campus -- Katherine Reynolds Chaddock ― Academe

About the Author

Robert McCaughey is the chairman of the Barnard History Department and the former dean of the faculty of Barnard College. He is the author of The Last Federalist: Josiah Quincy, 1772–1864 and International Studies and Academic Enterprise: A Chapter in the Academic Enclosure of American Learning, among other books.

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Publisher : Columbia University Press; First Printing edition (October 22, 2003)
Language : English
Hardcover : 715 pages
ISBN-10 : 0231130082
ISBN-13 : 978-0231130080
Item Weight : 2.6 pounds
Dimensions : 6.3 x 1.9 x 9.1 inches

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Stephen K. Easton

A definite and interesting history of Columbia written by a very readeable author.

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This book can be used as both a reference book and an enjoyable read. As a graduate of Columbia College I was impressed with the research, stories and facts that Bob McCaughey brings to what could have been a boring subject..........would recommend to any one interested in education and development of an Ivy League College, and large functioning University.........Stephen Easton

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Stephen Pellerine

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Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2010

I think the book is for a very isolated audience. If you want a book for the coffee table as a overview of Columbia's history it would be fine but probably best for grads and current staff/faculty interested in such. Perhaps it also fills a niche for researchers looking at such history.

If you fall into this category I think the book is a 5 star book.

If you have not attended of have special interest in Columbia the book may be a slog. It is not a volume you will probably enjoy sitting with with a cup a coffee - it is better for the coffee table. As a read I would probably give it a 3 star.

If you have little interest in Columbia - hmmm, but want a book on Columbia's Impact perhaps would make a better read. See link below and happy selection (but also for an isolated audience), all literature is worth a go:

Living Legacies at Columbia

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C. Hansen

Who Owns New York?

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2005

I got the book at my 30th Columbia College reunion last year, but have just finished it. It made me super-nostalgic for my college days. I feel that, while the first part of the book, up to 1901 when Nicholas Murray Butler took over as President, is somewhat dry, the second part, consisting of the 20th Century, is insightful, immediate, and riveting. I was there from 1970-1974, and the description of the campus unrest in 1968, 1970, and 1972 is right on the money. The fact that Prof. McCaughey could get oral histories from approximately 1950 or so through to the present meant that he could analyse events through considering the reports and opinions of the major players in that time. I would recommend this book to all alumni/ae and former faculty, administrators, and anyone who would appreciate an intimate portrait, a biography even, of Columbia. And, as the Columbia fight song mentioned in the title of this review concludes, as for Columbia, "We Own New York!" This book tells everyone why that's true.

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M. Skousen

Heavy and lackluster

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2004

Like the previous reviewer, I too, a newcomer to Columbia faculty, was curious about the history of this great ivy league university -- how President Butler dominated Columbia for 50 years, the difficult Eisenhower presidency, and the student riots of the late 1960s -- and bought McCaughey's massive history sight unseen. Big mistake. Talk about a boring pedantic tome. Fortunately, I've found a better book written by a far superior writer: "Eisenhower at Columbia," by Travis Beal Jacobs. Now there's a page turner, with much background and history of Columbia in living color. Now if only Jacobs will write a sequel.....

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