Description: The Harvard Century tells how America's oldest institution of higher learning has become synonymous with the nation, their goals and standards reflecting each other, each setting the other's agenda. It is also a colorful narrative of the individual achievements of its leaders and of the power struggles that have shaped the university.
Brief description: Richard Norton Smith is Director of the Gerald R. Ford Museum.
Review Quotes: Mr. Smith fulfills his intentions with as readable an account of Harvard as we are likely to need for a while.--Robert A. McCaughey "New York Times Book Review"