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Princeton: America's Campus

Princeton: America's Campus

Maynard, W. Barksdale

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General ArchitectureArchitecture HistoryRegional Architecture

ISBN10: 0271050861
ISBN13: 9780271050867
Publisher: Penn St Univ Pr
Published: May 31 2012
Pages: 288
Weight: 2.60
Height: 0.90 Width: 8.00 Depth: 9.90
Language: English

Founded in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest university in the country. It has been called a national treasure and is considered by many to be the loveliest campus in America. The very word campus debuted there in the eighteenth century, and over time, Princeton's has ceaselessly evolved, passing through a series of distinct identities. Architectural critics have lavishly praised it, and careful stewardship by administrators and architects has preserved its appeal from generation to generation. Thousands of alumni return every year to march in the gaudy P-rade, which twists among the buildings in a veritable tour of campus history, from Nassau Hall (1756) to the twenty-first century's Bloomberg Hall. And yet, if one wants to learn more--to go deeper than the beautiful surface and explore the history of these buildings or the complex development of the campus--it can be surprisingly hard to do so. Although Princeton resembles an outdoor museum, explanatory markers are few, written sources are out of print and scattered, and sophomore tour guides cheerfully mix fact and myth. No plaques help the curious visitor who wishes to follow in the footsteps of James Madison, Aaron Burr, James McCosh, Albert Einstein, John Foster Dulles, Bill Bradley, or Michelle Obama, and the stories of the buildings themselves are known to few. Princeton: America's Campus offers a way in. Neither a straightforward architectural history nor a simple guidebook, it weaves social history and the built fabric into a biography of a great American place.

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