{"product_id":"the-making-of-princeton-university-from-woodrow-wilson-to-the-present-9780691126869","title":"The Making of Princeton University: From Woodrow Wilson to the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1902, Professor Woodrow Wilson took the helm of Princeton University, then a small denominational college with few academic pretensions. But Wilson had a blueprint for remaking the too-cozy college into an intellectual powerhouse. \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Princeton University\u003c\/i\u003e tells, for the first time, the story of how the University adapted and updated Wilson's vision to transform itself into the prestigious institution it is today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James Axtell brings the methods and insights from his extensive work in ethnohistory to the collegiate realm, focusing especially on one of Princeton's most distinguished features: its unrivaled reputation for undergraduate education. Addressing admissions, the curriculum, extracurricular activities, and the changing landscape of student culture, the book devotes four full chapters to undergraduate life inside and outside the classroom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book is a lively warts-and-all rendering of Princeton's rise, addressing such themes as discriminatory admission policies, the academic underperformance of many varsity athletes, and the controversial \"bicker\" system through which students have been selected for the University's private eating clubs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in a delightful and elegant style, \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Princeton University\u003c\/i\u003e offers a detailed picture of how the University has dealt with these issues to secure a distinguished position in both higher education and American society. For anyone interested in or associated with Princeton, past or present, this is a book to savor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Axtell\u003c\/b\u003e is Kenan Professor of Humanities at the College of William \u0026amp; Mary. A graduate of Yale and Cambridge universities, he is the author or editor of seventeen books, including the prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Invasion Within: The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasures of Academe: A Celebration \u0026amp; Defense of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872753324306,"sku":"9780691126869","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_42a69843-092d-4136-8241-fbd6903a30e3.jpg?v=1737908546","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-making-of-princeton-university-from-woodrow-wilson-to-the-present-9780691126869","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}