{"product_id":"johns-hopkins-the-first-150-years-hardcover","title":"Johns Hopkins: The First 150 Years - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Jewett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Strassfeld\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive history of the first American research university.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Quaker merchant Johns Hopkins set in motion a revolution when he left what was then the largest philanthropic gift in the United States: a $7 million bequest to found a university and hospital. In \u003ci\u003eJohns Hopkins: The First 150 Years\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Andrew Jewett, with Jonathan Strassfeld, captures the sweeping evolution of an institution that rose from the bustle of a post-Civil War port city to become a global titan of discovery and innovation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with a vivid portrait of Hopkins himself, whose life embodied the economic dynamism and deep moral tensions of nineteenth-century Baltimore. Jewett and Strassfeld then turn to the story of how the university's trustees worked with visionary leader Daniel Coit Gilman to establish original research and graduate training (rather than classical education for undergraduates) as defining features of American academic life and to position Hopkins as a global innovator in both the sciences and the humanities. The authors move beyond the lecture hall and the laboratory to track the university's often turbulent ascent, chronicling the birth of modern medical education and the rise of world-leading programs in nursing, engineering, and public health, later followed by international studies, music, education, business, and public policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis expansive chronicle also looks candidly at the university's complex relationship with its home city of Baltimore, examining its changing role in debates over race and equity and its emergence as a major economic and political player. The definitive history of Hopkins reveals an institution grappling with the heavy responsibilities arising from its influence and power. It is a story of ambition, conflict, innovation, and reinvention--an authoritative and essential account of a university that continues to reshape the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Jewett\u003c\/b\u003e is a teaching professor at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eScience, Democracy, and the American University: From the Civil War to the Cold War \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eScience under Fire: Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJonathan Strassfeld\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University Alexander Grass Humanities Institute. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eInventing Philosophy's Other: Phenomenology in America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.28 x 10.23 x 7.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67600200139001,"sku":"9781421455365","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/t3tgU5PkuK9781421455365.webp?v=1793803859","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/johns-hopkins-the-first-150-years-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}