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BL
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1029364
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b783734
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| Main Entry
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Jablonsky, Thomas J.
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| Title & Author
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Milwaukee's Jesuit University : : Marquette, 1881-1981 /\ by Thomas J. Jablonsky.
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| Publication Statement
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Milwaukee, WI :: Marquette University Press,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Urban life series ;; no. 3
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1 online resource (438 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0874623413
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: 1435610423
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: 9780874623413
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: 9781435610422
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0874620805
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0874620821
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9780874620801
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9780874620825
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The Jesuits come to Milwaukee : 1844-1880 -- A Jesuit liberal arts college : 1881-1906 -- Great transformations : 1906-1916 -- Milwaukee's University : 1917-1928 -- Troubled times : 1928-45 -- Postwar adjustments : 1945-54 -- Transition to prominence : 1954-62 -- New directions and powerful disruptions : 1962-71 -- Search for a new order : 1960s-1981.
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| Abstract
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Inspired by the ambitions of Milwaukee's first bishop, John Martin Henni, Marquette College opened in September 1881 on a hilltop overlooking the city's expanding downtown. Named for the great explorer and missionary of the American Midwest, Pere Jacques Marquette, the institution's educational foundation drew upon the well-developed, clearly-elucidated traditions of the Society of Jesus. Marquette's reputation as Milwaukee's university grew steadily during the 1920s, accompanied by the school's first building boom. Dependent from its earliest days upon tuition income, the school struggled thr.
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Marquette University-- History.
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Marquette University.
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Universities and colleges-- Wisconsin.
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EDUCATION-- Higher.
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Universities and colleges.
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Wisconsin.
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| Dewey Classification
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378.775/95
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| LC Classification
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LD3231.M542J33 2007eb
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