{"product_id":"9798216468547","title":"Student’s History of Harvard College","description":"\u003ch1\u003eStudent’s History of Harvard College\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eZachary Nowak\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ United States \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo understand Harvard, one must first see it through the eyes of its students.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis sweeping new history of Harvard and Radcliffe colleges takes the reader into the candle-lit rooms of eighteenth-century Harvard Hall, where students plotted pranks against their tutors and created a “shadow curriculum” to debate life's greatest questions. Going beyond iconic presidents and famous alums, the book recounts the contributions of everyone else who made Harvard what it was and what it is today. It tells the stories of the enslaved persons who constructed some of Harvard's iconic buildings, women who kept dining halls running and the dorm rooms clean, and the working-class people who made their living off students' wealth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStretching back to the college's founding, the book reveals Harvard's early flirtation with the education of Native Americans and dark legacy of racial pseudoscience. It explores the complex politics of admissions and financial aid, changing gender dynamics, and student clubs and societies. The book even traces the origins of modern American football to what was a perennially-damp field next to the Charles River, before the first steel-reinforced concrete stadium in the world was built there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, this is the story of Harvard from the ground up-an unvarnished look at the people, politics, and daily realities that truly shaped America's oldest university.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZachary Nowak\u003c\/b\u003e received his doctorate in American Studies from Harvard University and is the Director of The Umbra Institute in the central Italian city of Perugia. He has taught a course on the history of Harvard for both Harvard College and the Harvard University Division of Continuing Education. He lives in Rochester, New York.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 March 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216468547\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515384660108,"sku":"9798216468547","price":34.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_9d7266a8-ad52-453e-bb1d-52a23a2e2c9c.jpg?v=1788029947","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216468547","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}