Research Catalog

Title

American students organize : founding the National Student Association after World War II : an anthology and sourcebook / Eugene G. Schwartz, editor.

Publication

[Westport, Conn.] : American Council on Education/Praeger Publishers, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schwartz, Eugene G.
• United States National Student Association.

Description

xxxii, 1212 p. : ill., ports.; 29 cm.

Series Statement

[ACE/Praeger series on higher education]

Uniform Title

American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education.

Alternative Title

Founding the National Student Association after World War II

Subject

• United States National Student Association > History
• College students > United States > Societies, etc

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Synopsis (16 p.) tipped in.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Dedication -- Contributing editors and project committee -- Preface -- Foreword -- 1. Prologue to NSA: Student organizations before and during World War II -- Part 1. The launching of the Nationla Student Association: chronology of events, 1946-1952 -- Part 2. Domestic programs and activities: toward equal rights and opportunities -- Part 3. International programs and activities: searching for paths to peace -- Part 4. Student voices influencing NSA -- Part 5. NSA's regional organization: creating intercollegiate networks -- Part 6. Epilogue: what happened later -- Appendix. The NSA Charter: framing a comprehensive vision -- References. Directory, almanac, resources, higher education in 1948 -- Acknowledgments and afterword -- Index -- Donors.

ISBN

0275991008 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006008442

OCLC

64770946

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library