Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina Under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase
- ISBN-10
- 1469651831
- ISBN-13
- 9781469651835
- Series
- Fire and Stone
- Category
- College presidents
- Pages
- 528
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Author
- Howard E. Covington
Description
"... By focusing on the tenure of two very different university's presidents in Fire and stone, Edward Kidder Graham (Fire) and Harry Woodburn Chase (Stone), Howard Covington recounts how these men complemented one another to lay the groundwork for our modern university. Each was the right leader at the right time, and this ... book shows how different leadership styles allowed them to implement their distinctive visions for the university"--
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Other editions
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- 2018-12-20
- 544 pages
- Paperback
- University Library the University of North Carolina
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- 2016
- 228 pages
- Paperback
- University of Georgia Press
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