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CONTENTS

Abbreviations and Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. RHODES, SOUTH AFRICA, AND OXFORD

The Man

The Scholarships

2. GETTING STARTED

Reactions to the Will

Selecting the “Perfect Men”

3. THE SETTING

Town and Gown

Settling In

4. YANKS AND BRITS

Getting Acquainted

Joiners or Outcasts?

The Issue of Race

5. THE SCHOLAR-ATHLETES

Sports

Academic Performance

Report Card for the Early Years

6. PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES

Reforms

Growing Popularity

7. INTERWAR YEARS: SOCIETY AND STUDY

Déjà Vu

Vacations

Sports

Academics

8. INTERWAR YEARS: FIGHTING THE WORLD'S FIGHT

Domestic Issues

Foreign Affairs

Mid-Century Assessment

9. POSTWAR PROBLEMS AND ADJUSTMENTS

Oxford Confronts New Realities

Americans Face a Battered Britain

10. THE COLD WAR AND THE SILENT GENERATION

Winners and Losers

Academic Vagaries

11. BILL CLINTON AND FRIENDS

The Making of a Southern Scholar

Clinton the Student

Mixing In

Vietnam

Oxford's Impact

12. NEW VOICES, NEW FACES I: BLACKS AND OTHER MINORITIES

The Emergence of Non-White Scholars

Life in Oxford

Black African Scholars

13. NEW VOICES, NEW FACES II: WOMEN, GAYS, AND LESBIANS

Breaking the Gender Barrier

Measuring Up to Men

Adapting to Oxford

Homosexuals

14. CAREERS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Settling In and Spreading Out

Education and Research

Business, Law, and Other Professions

Journalism and Fiction

Government

Special Achievements

15. THE OXFORD FACTOR

A Lasting Influence?

A Ticket to Success?

A Rhodes Network?

A Conspiracy?

16. THE RHODES AHEAD

Transformations and Continuities

Generalizations

Appendix: U.S. Rhodes Scholars, 1904–2006

Select Bibliography

Index