1949-1953 university imagination transformation

books:

An Entrepreneurial University: The Transformation of Tufts, 1976-2002

1 review
Sol Gittleman

Tufts, 2004

Up on the Hill at the End of the 20th Century
Let's face it - if you're looking at this book you are either a Tufts graduate or a Tufts supporter. Dr. Gittleman's book comprises the third volume of the history of Tufts University. And with nothing against Russell Miller's two volumes of Light on the Hill, Sol's book reads a lot more lively in no small part because it is written by someone who was on the inside during this transformative ...

Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat: New York's Big Three and Great Yankee Dynasty of 1949-1953

2 reviews
Sol Gittleman

McFarland & Company, 2007

The Secret Behind Baseball's Greatest Team Accomplishment
It's curious that the only baseball team to win five straight championships is mostly given the brushoff when discussions of "Great Dynasties" begin. The 1949-53 Yankees are generally considered a series of flukish winners, with no regular position stars in their primes except Yogi Berra and Phil Rizzuto. Oh, and then someone will remember a trio of "pretty good" pitchers named Raschi, Reynolds ...

From Shtetl To Suburbia: The Family In Jewish Literary Imagination
Sol Gittleman

Beacon, 1978

Tracing the origins of the Yiddish language and the growth and flowering of Yiddish literature, Gittleman shows how works written in Yiddish serve different functions in Germany, the shtetls of Eastern Europe, and America.