Fordham: The History of the Jesuit University of New York by Thomas Shelley (Fordham University Press, £34). Since 1841 Fordham has played a pivotal role in the educational and cultural life of the Bronx and wider New York City. Shelley provides a detailed institutional history that charts both triumphs and setbacks, the shifting pedagogical trends, and Fordham’s identity in the new millennium: the Jesuit presence around the halls is not what it used to be. Envisaged as a college to serve the local Catholic community, Fordham also managed to secure an impressive reputation within the broader American academy and its meandering story is highly instructive.
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fordham: the history of the jesuit university of new york by thomas shelley (fordham university press, £34) . since 1841 fordham has played ...
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