Transforming Ideas: Selected Profiles in University of Rochester Research and Scholarship - Softcover

Phelps, Charles E.; Kraus Jr., Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580460909 ISBN 13: 9781580460903

Publisher: University of Rochester Press, 2000

Synopsis

A series of essays celebrating the University of Rochester's sesquicentennial, highlighting its significant contributions in disciplines from medicine to art history, chemistry to business, political science to music.

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Review

Vaughan magisterially treats heavily troubled Nigeria...Six good maps, four helpful tables, excellent endnotes, a comprehensive bibliography, and good indexing enhance this title. --CHOICE Winner of the 2001 Cecil B. Currey Book-length Award from the Association of Third World Studies. The contribution of this study is a significant one...(Vaughan's) is an exceptionally complex account, incorporating every possible variable. --INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES Vaughan's book is an excellent survey of the central role played by chieftaincy structures in these decades. --EHR Vaughan's study of Yoruba chiefs is a brave undertaking...(his) book is especially welcome in that it makes a major contribution to the historiography of modern Nigeria. --AFRICAN HISTORY

About the Author

Robert Kraus, "New Yorker" cartoonist and cover artist, created numerous classic picture books for very young children, including "Leo the Late Bloomer" and "Milton the Early Riser."

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580460909
• ISBN 13: 9781580460903
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200