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For the Good of the Farmer

A Biography of John Harrison Skinner, Dean of Purdue Agriculture

By: Frederick Whitford

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For the Good of the Farmer

A Biography of John Harrison Skinner, Dean of Purdue Agriculture

By: Frederick Whitford

The key role that farming plays in the economy of Indiana today owes much to the work of John Harrison Skinner (1874-1942). Skinner was a pioneering educator and administrator who transformed the study of agriculture at Purdue University during the first decades of the twentieth century. From humble origins, occupying one building and 150 acres at the start of his career, the agriculture program grew to spread over ten buildings and 1,000 acres by the end of his tenure as its first dean. A focused, single-minded man, Skinner understood from his own background as a grain and stock farmer that growers could no longer rely on traditional methods in adapting to a rapidly changing technological and economic environment, in which tractors were replacing horses and new crops such as alfalfa and soy were transforming the arable landscape. Farmers needed education, and only by hiring the best and brightest faculty could Purdue give them the competitive edge that they needed. While he excelled as a manager and advocate for Indiana agriculture, Skinner never lost touch with his own farming roots, taking especial interest in animal husbandry. During the course of his career as dean (1907-1939), the number of livestock on Purdue farms increased fourfold, and Skinner showed his knowledge of breeding by winning many times at the International Livestock Exposition. Today, the scale of Purdue's College of Agriculture has increased to offer almost fifty programs to hundreds of students from all over the globe. However, at its base, the agricultural program in place today remains largely as John Harrison Skinner built it, responsive to Indiana but with its focus always on scientific innovation in the larger world.

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Purdue University Press

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1612492665

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The Birth Of The Texas Medical Center

A Personal Account

By: Frederick C. Elliott

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The Birth Of The Texas Medical Center

A Personal Account

By: Frederick C. Elliott

An eyewitness account of the founding of the Texas Medical Center.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1585443336

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9781585443338

The Queen of American Agriculture

A Biography of Virginia Claypool Meredith

By: Frederick Whitford,Andrew G. Martin,Phyllis Mattheis

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The Queen of American Agriculture

A Biography of Virginia Claypool Meredith

By: Frederick Whitford,Andrew G. Martin,Phyllis Mattheis

Virginia Claypool Meredith's role in directly managing the affairs of a large and prosperous farm in east-central Indiana opened doors that were often closed to women in late nineteenth century America. Her status allowed her to campaign for the education of women, in general, and rural women, in particular. While striving to change society's expectations for women, she also gave voice to the important role of women in the home. A lifetime of dedication made Virginia Meredith "the most remarkable woman in Indiana" and the "Queen of American Agriculture." Meredith was also an integral part of the history of Purdue University. She was the first woman appointed to serve on the university's board of trustees, had a residence hall named in her honor, and worked with her adopted daughter, Mary L. Matthews, in creating the School of Home Economics, the predecessor of today's College of Consumer and Family Sciences.

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450

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Purdue University Press

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1557539286

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9781557539281

Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity

By: Frederick Pollock,Gustavus Henry Wald

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Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity

By: Frederick Pollock,Gustavus Henry Wald

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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3385432480

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Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture

A Biography of William Carol Latta

By: Frederick Whitford,Andrew G. Martin

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Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture

A Biography of William Carol Latta

By: Frederick Whitford,Andrew G. Martin

William Carol Latta was the 13th member of the Purdue faculty. He became the driving force behind Purdue's world-famous School of Agriculture and initiated extension services that have lasted for more than a century. In 1890, he laid out the first permanent soil fertility field experiments, inaugurating a system of research considered one of the best in the country at that time. He administered Purdue's School of Agriculture until 1907.

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Purdue University Press

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1557539243

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Self, Text, and Romantic Irony

The Example of Byron

By: Frederick Garber

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Self, Text, and Romantic Irony

The Example of Byron

By: Frederick Garber

Frederick Garber takes up in detail several problems of the self broached in his previous book, The Autonomy of the Self from Richardson to Huysmans (Princeton, 1982). Using patterns in Byron's canon as models, he focuses on the relations of self-making and text-making as a central Romantic issue. For Byron and many of his contemporaries, putting a text into the world meant putting a self there along with it, and it also meant that the difficulties of establishing the one inevitably reflect the parallel difficulties in the other. Professor Garber discusses some of Byron's key texts and shows how their development leads to an impasse involving both self and text. Byron's way out of these dilemmas was the mode of Romantic irony, of which he is one of the greatest exemplars. The study then moves into broader areas of Anglo-European literature, its ultimate purpose being to argue not only for the efficacy of such irony but for its position as something more than a mere alternative to Romantic organicism. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400859360

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9781400859368

Memories of Life on the Farm

Through the Lens of Pioneer Photographer J. C. Allen

By: Frederick Whitford,Neal Harmeyer

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Memories of Life on the Farm

Through the Lens of Pioneer Photographer J. C. Allen

By: Frederick Whitford,Neal Harmeyer

John Calvin Allen, professionally known as J. C., worked as a photographer for Purdue University from 1909-1952, and operated his own photography business until his death in 1976. The J. C. Allen photographs represent a historical account of the transition from pioneer practices to scientific methodologies in agriculture and rural communities. During this major transitional period for agriculture, tractors replaced horses, hybrid corn supplanted open-pollinated corn, and soybeans changed from a novelty crop to regular rotation on most farms. During this time, purebred animals with better genetic pedigrees replaced run-of-the-mill livestock, and systematic disease prevention in cattle, swine, and poultry took place. Allen's photographs also document clothing styles, home furnishings, and the items people thought important as they went about their daily lives. Looking closely at tractors, livestock, wagons, planters, sprayers, harvesting equipment, and crops gives one a sense of the changing and fast-paced world of agriculture at that time. This volume contains over 900 picturesque images, most never-before-seen, of men, women, and children working on the farm, which remain powerful reminders of life in rural America at the turn of the twentieth century. As old farmhouses and barns fall victim to age, Allen photographs are all that remain. While those people and times no longer exist today, they do remain "alive" because of the preservation of that history on film. A camera in his hands and an eye for photography allowed Allen to create indelible visual histories that continue to tell the story of agriculture and rural life from long ago.

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155753909X

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Don Quixote Among the Saracens

A Clash of Civilizations and Literary Genres

By: Frederick A. de Armas

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Don Quixote Among the Saracens

A Clash of Civilizations and Literary Genres

By: Frederick A. de Armas

The fictional Don Quixote was constantly defeated in his knightly adventures. In writing Quixote's story, however, Miguel Cervantes succeeded in a different kind of quest — the creation of a modern novel that ‘conquers’ and assimilates countless literary genres. /spanDon Quixote among the Saracens considers how Cervantes's work reflects the clash of civilizations and anxieties towards cultural pluralism that permeated Golden Age Spain. Frederick A. de Armas unravels an essential mystery of one of world literature's best known figures: why Quixote sets out to revive knight errantry, and why he comes to feel at home only among the Moorish ‘Saracens,’ a people whom Quixote feared at the beginning of the novel. De Armas also reveals Quixote's inner conflicts as both a Christian who vows to battle the infidel, but also a secret Saracen sympathizer. While delving into genre theory, Don Quixote among the Saracens adds a new dimension to our understandings of Spain's multicultural history.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442696117

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Book's by Frederick C. Elliott

For the Good of the Farmer

For the Good of the Farmer

The Birth Of The Texas Medical Center

The Birth Of The Texas Medical Center

The Queen of American Agriculture

The Queen of American Agriculture

Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity

Principles of Contract at Law and in Equity

Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture

Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture

Self, Text, and Romantic Irony

Self, Text, and Romantic Irony

Memories of Life on the Farm

Memories of Life on the Farm

Don Quixote Among the Saracens

Don Quixote Among the Saracens

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