The inception of modern professional education
Subtitle: C.C. Langdell, 1826-1906
By: Bruce A. Kimball.
Series: Studies in legal history
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9780807832578
Subjects: Langdell, C. C. -- 1826-1906; Harvard Law School -- History -- 19th century; Law teachers -- United States -- Biography; Law -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Professional education -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Boyhood and youth, 1826-1854; title: Lawyer on Wall Street, 1855-1870; title: Scholar, 1870-1881; title: Teacher, 1870-1881; title: Hiring faculty for a career, 1870-1900; title: The first dean, 1870-1886; title: Students, 1876-1882; title: Triumph and betrayal, 1886-1890s; title: Poor old white-whiskers, 1895-1906; title: Appendix 1: Nicholas St. John Green; title: Appendix 2: Langdell's analogies between law and natural science.