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The Good Government Man. Albert Coates and the Early Years of the Institute of Government.
Covington, Howard E., Jr.
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Hardback. Examines the life of Albert Coates (1896-1989), the founder and first director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, and an exciting, transformative era in the history of UNC. Inspired by visionary President Edward Kidder, Coates adopted as his life mission his hero's dream of the university in service to the state. Num Pages: 368 pages, 49 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
The Good Government Man captures the life of Albert Coates (1896-1989), the founder and first director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, and an exciting, transformative era in the history of UNC. Inspired by visionary President Edward Kidder Graham--whose death during the influenza pandemic of 1918 devastated the campus--Coates adopted as his life mission his hero's dream of the university in service to the state. With raw determination, stubborn independence, and sheer audacity, Coates created the Institute of Government, now School of Government, to prepare elected officials, government employees, and private citizens for public service. ... Read more
The Good Government Man captures the life of Albert Coates (1896-1989), the founder and first director of the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina, and an exciting, transformative era in the history of UNC. Inspired by visionary President Edward Kidder Graham--whose death during the influenza pandemic of 1918 devastated the campus--Coates adopted as his life mission his hero's dream of the university in service to the state. With raw determination, stubborn independence, and sheer audacity, Coates created the Institute of Government, now School of Government, to prepare elected officials, government employees, and private citizens for public service. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807834534
SKU
V9780807834534
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About Covington, Howard E., Jr.
Howard E. Covington Jr. of Greensboro, N.C., has been writing about North Carolina people and history for twenty-five years. His Favored by Fortune: George W. Watts and The Hills of Durham, was awarded the Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction.
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