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- Release Year
- 2017
- ISBN
- 9781681775173
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
ISBN-10
1681775174
ISBN-13
9781681775173
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235544829
Product Key Features
Book Title
Skulls and Keys
Number of Pages
832 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Freemasonry & Secret Societies, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Social History, Higher, United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Education, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2.6 in
Item Weight
36.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-276933
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History illuminates the past and guides us in the future. Yale's secret societies have been mysterious, misunderstood, and maligned. In the context of Yale history, David Richards has done a superb job of exploring and explaining these unique institutions. This book will inform the reader and help open a new, intelligent discussion about higher education and leadership., Given the secrecy of secret societies, we may never uncover all there is to know, but with Skull and Keys, David Richards comes as close as possible to giving us full and rich pictures of Yale's distinctive and peculiar institutions. Those interested in Final Clubs at Harvard and Eating Clubs at Princeton will find much to ponder comparatively. And those interested in the history of Yale, of elites, of higher education, and of America over the course of two centuries will learn much from Richards' prodigiously researched, engaging, and thoughtful book. They will find out about the history of collegiate rituals, changing patterns of American elitism, the connections between the local and the national--including how the welcomed and increased diversity of undergraduates in New Haven collided with traditional and often entrenched institutions and practices., Given the secrecy of secret societies, we may never uncover all there is to know, but with Skull and Keys , David Richards comes as close as possible to giving us full and rich pictures of Yale's distinctive and peculiar institutions. Those interested in Final Clubs at Harvard and Eating Clubs at Princeton will find much to ponder comparatively. And those interested in the history of Yale, of elites, of higher education, and of America over the course of two centuries will learn much from Richards' prodigiously researched, engaging, and thoughtful book. They will find out about the history of collegiate rituals, changing patterns of American elitism, the connections between the local and the national--including how the welcomed and increased diversity of undergraduates in New Haven collided with traditional and often entrenched institutions and practices., In his book, Richards, a member of Skull and Bones, crafts an extensive historical narrative about the place of secret societies son Yale's campus and within the American public imagination.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
366/.097468
Synopsis
But there is a progressive side to Yale's secret societies that we rarely hear about, one that, in the cultural tumult of the nineteen-sixties, resulted in the election of people of color, women, and gay men, even in proportions beyond their percentages in the class. It's a side that is often overlooked in favor of sensational legends of blood oaths and toe-curling conspiracies. Dave Richards, an alum of Yale, sheds some light on the lesser known stories of Yale's secret societies. He takes us through the history from Phi Beta Kappa in the American Revolution (originally a social and drinking society) through Skull and Bones and its rivals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. While there have been articles and books on some of those societies, there has never been a scholarly history of the system as a whole., The mysterious, highly influential hidden world of Yale's secret societies is revealed in a definitive and scholarly history. Secret societies have fundamentally shaped America's cultural and political landscapes. In ways that are expected but never explicit, the bonds made through the most elite of secret societies have won members Pulitzer Prizes, governorships, and even presidencies. At the apex of these institutions stands Yale University and its rumored twenty-six secret societies. Tracing a history that has intrigued and enthralled for centuries, alluring the attention of such luminaries as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Skulls and Keys traces the history of Yale's societies as they set the foundation for America's future secret clubs and helped define the modern age of politics. But there is a progressive side to Yale's secret societies that we rarely hear about, one that, in the cultural tumult of the nineteen-sixties, resulted in the election of people of color, women, and gay men, even in proportions beyond their percentages in the class. It's a side that is often overlooked in favor of sensational legends of blood oaths and toe-curling conspiracies. Dave Richards, an alum of Yale, sheds some light on the lesser known stories of Yale's secret societies. He takes us through the history from Phi Beta Kappa in the American Revolution (originally a social and drinking society) through Skull and Bones and its rivals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. While there have been articles and books on some of those societies, there has never been a scholarly history of the system as a whole., The mysterious, highly influential hidden world of Yale's secret societies is revealed in a definitive and scholarly history.
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HS206
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