Rutgers since 1945: A History of the State University of New Jersey

ISBN-13: 9780813564210 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Publication date: 08/04/2015 Series: Rivergate Regionals Collection Edition description: New Edition Pages: 368 Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d) Age Range: 16 - 18 Years In the 1940s, Rutgers was a small liberal arts college for men. Today, it is a major public research university, a member of the Big Ten and of the prestigious Association of American Universities. In Rutgers since 1945, historian Paul G. E. Clemens chronicles this remarkable transition, with emphasis on the eras from the cold war, to the student protests of the 1960s and 1970s, to the growth of political identity on campus, and to the increasing commitment to big-time athletics, all just a few of the innumerable newsworthy elements that have driven Rutgers’s evolution.  After exploring major events in Rutgers’s history from World War II to the present, Clemens moves to specific themes, including athletics, popular culture, student life, and cam