{"product_id":"persistence-through-peril-episodes-of-college-life-and-academic-endurance-in-the-civil-war-south-paperback","title":"Persistence Through Peril: Episodes of College Life and Academic Endurance in the Civil War South - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR. Eric Platt\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHolly A. Foster\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions by Christian K. Anderson, Marcia Bennett, Lauren Yarnell Bradshaw, Holly A. Foster, Tiffany Greer, Don Holmes, Donavan L. Johnson, Lauren Lassabe, Sarah Mangrum, R. Eric Platt, Courtney L. Robinson, David E. Taylor, Zachary A. Turner, Michael M. Wallace, and Rhonda Kemp Webb \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo date, most texts regarding higher education in the Civil War South focus on the widespread closure of academies. In contrast, \u003ci\u003ePersistence through Peril: Episodes of College Life and Academic Endurance in the Civil War South \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to life several case histories of Southern colleges and universities that persisted through the perilous war years. Contributors tell these stories via the lived experiences of students, community members, professors, and administrators as they strove to keep their institutions going. Despite the large-scale cessation of many Southern academies due to student military enlistment, resource depletion, and campus destruction, some institutions remained open for the majority or entirety of the war. These institutions--\"The Citadel\" South Carolina Military Academy, Mercer University, Mississippi College, the University of North Carolina, Spring Hill College, Trinity College of Duke University, Tuskegee Female College, the University of Virginia, the Virginia Military Institute, Wesleyan Female College, and Wofford College--continued to operate despite low student numbers, encumbered resources, and faculty ranks stripped bare by conscription or voluntary enlistment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume considers academic and organizational perseverance via chapter \"episodes\" that highlight the daily operations, struggles, and successes of select Southern institutions. Through detailed archival research, the essays illustrate how some Southern colleges and universities endured the deadliest internal conflict in US history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eR. Eric Platt \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of higher and adult education and chair of the Department of Leadership at the University of Memphis. He is author of \u003ci\u003eSacrifice and Survival: Identity, Mission, and Jesuit Higher Education in the American South\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEducating the Sons of Sugar: Jefferson College and the Creole Planter Class of South Louisiana\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eHolly A. Foster \u003c\/b\u003eis assistant professor of higher education and student affairs at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her work has appeared in such publications as the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Cases in Educational Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Education Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJournal of Access Services\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099634208903,"sku":"9781496835048","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/66974a33e39edf87af8d983470afeb15.webp?v=1732376197","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/persistence-through-peril-episodes-of-college-life-and-academic-endurance-in-the-civil-war-south-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}