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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: electric edge of academe
    sub title: the saga of Lucien L. Nunn and Deep Springs College
  name:
    name part: Newell, L. Jackson
    name part: 1938-
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  genre: History.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: utu
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxii, 455 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  abstract: "Here is a look at the life and legacy of an irrepressible innovator. Pushing against both social convention and technological boundaries, L.L. Nunn left enduring marks on economic and social history, labor development, and, educational reform. The Electric Edge of Academe is a bold portrayal of this progressive-era hydroelectric power magnate who, driven by a dynamic conscience, also became a force for social change and educational experimentation.In 1891, Nunn, working with Tesla and Westinghouse, pioneered the world's first commercial production of high-tension alternating current (AC) for long-distance transmission--something Thomas Edison deemed dangerous and irresponsible. After creating the Telluride Power Company, Nunn constructed the state-of-the-art Olmsted Power Plant in Provo Canyon and the Ontario Power Works at Niagara Falls. To support this new technology, he developed an imaginative model of industrial training that became so compelling that he ultimately abandoned his entrepreneurial career to devote his wealth and talents to experimenting with a new model of liberal education. In 1917, Nunn founded Deep Springs College in eastern California. The school remains one of the most daring, progressive, and selective institutions of higher learning in America. Newell examines how Nunn's radical educational ideas have survived internal and external challenges for nearly a century and explores their relevance today. "--
  abstract: "This book examines the mind and methods of an irrepressible innovator. Pushing against both social convention and technological boundaries, L.L. Nunn left enduring marks on western economic history, labor development, and, finally, educational reform. On the Edge paints a bold portrait of this progressive era hydroelectric power magnate who, driven by a dynamic conscience, also became a force for social change and educational experimentation"--
  note: L. Jackson Newell ; foreword by William T. Vollmann.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-439) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Deep Springs College
    topic: History
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Nunn, L. L. (Lucien Lucius)
      name part: 1853-1925
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
  subject:
    topic: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Nunn, L. L. (Lucien Lucius)
      name part: 1853-1925
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Deep Springs College.
  classification: LC5301.D44 N49 2015
  classification: 378.1/5430979487
  classification: HIS036140 BIO019000
  identifier: 9781607814061 (hardback)
  identifier: 1607814064 (hardback)
  identifier: 9781607814078 (ebook)
  identifier: 1607814072 (ebook)
  identifier: 2014039228
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 150126
    record change date: 20151105232719.0
    record identifier: in00003526747
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng