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*"Morningside Heights," by [[Cheryl Mendelson]] (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Morningside-Heights-Novel-Cheryl-Mendelson/dp/0375760687/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203800172&sr=1-1 Amazon]
 
*"Morningside Heights," by [[Cheryl Mendelson]] (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Morningside-Heights-Novel-Cheryl-Mendelson/dp/0375760687/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203800172&sr=1-1 Amazon]
 
*"Vanity of Duluoz," by [[Jack Kerouac]] (1968) [http://www.amazon.com/Vanity-Duluoz-Adventurous-Education-1935-46/dp/0140236392 Amazon]
 
*"Vanity of Duluoz," by [[Jack Kerouac]] (1968) [http://www.amazon.com/Vanity-Duluoz-Adventurous-Education-1935-46/dp/0140236392 Amazon]
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*"The Caine Mutiny," by [[Herman Wouk]] (1951) [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CEkQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FCaine-Mutiny-Novel-Herman-Wouk%2Fdp%2F0316955108&ei=LntXTJ3JNYH_8AaI47z6Ag&usg=AFQjCNH5BOmtSr_dCh3Cq8kP7kdbQuXkGQ&sig2=rChTDWCnI32pkOK7_NZAHg]
  
 
== Guides ==
 
== Guides ==

Revision as of 22:16, 2 August 2010

Biography

Fiction

Guides

  • "An Official Guide to Columbia University" (1912) ed. Brander Matthews Google eBook CLIO
  • "A Guide to Columbia University: With Some Account of Its History and Traditions" ed. John William Robson (1937) CLIO
  • "Columbia University, College Prowler Off The Record" (2005) Google eBook

History

Columbia

Neighborhood/Architecture

1968 Protests

  • " Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis" by Jerry L. Avorn (1968) CLIO
  • "Crisis at Columbia", the Cox Commission Report on the 1968 protests (1968) CLIO
  • "Six Weeks that Shook Morningside" Columbia College Today, Spring 1968 PDF
  • "The Battle For Morningside Heights" by Roger Kahn (1970) CLIO
  • "The Strawberry Statement: Notes of a College Revolutionary", by James S. Kunen (1970) CLIO Amazon.com
  • "Confrontation on campus;: The Columbia pattern for the new protest" by Joanne Grant (1969) Amazon

Columbia University Press

Social History

School of Journalism

Core Curriculum

  • "Great Books" by David Denby (1997) CLIO Amazon.com
  • "An Oasis of Order: The Core Curriculum at Columbia College", by Timothy Cross (1995) [2]

Other

  • "The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and his struggle to save New York" by Vincent Cannato (2001) (chapter 7 on the 1968 protests) CLIO Google eBook (limited preview) Amazon.com
  • "Ivy Briefs: True Tales of a Neurotic Law Student" by Martha Kimes Amazon
  • The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton. (He talks about his life as an undergraduate here.)

Documentaries (video)

  • "Columbia University: A Celebration" by Ric Burns (2003)