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Author:

Kimball, Bruce A., 1951-

Title:

The inception of modern professional education : C.C. Langdell, 1826-1906 / Bruce A. Kimball.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 429 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Langdell, C. C.--(Christopher Columbus),--1826-1906.
Law teachers--United States--Biography.
Law--History--United States--History--19th century.
Professional education--United States--History--19th century.
Harvard Law School--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-414) and index.

Contents:

Boyhood and youth, 1826-1854 -- Lawyer on Wall Street, 1855-1870 -- Scholar, 1870-1881 -- Teacher, 1870-1881 -- Faculty, 1870-1900 -- The first dean, 1870-1886 -- Students, 1876-1882 -- Triumph and betrayal, 1886-1890s -- Poor old white-whiskers, 1895-1906.

Series:

Studies in legal history

ISBN:

080783257X (cloth)
9780807832578 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261174163

LCCN:

2008053306

Locations:

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)