T. R. C Hutton

"The University of Tennessee has its origins in Blount College, founded in 1794 and named after territorial governor William Blount even before Tennessee was a state. The last scholarly history of the university appeared in 1978, but this book presents a very different treatment. It seeks nothing less than to be a social history of the university, fully integrating historical context, and allowing the book's central 'character'--the university itself--to...