CSU Books

Professor Emeritus James E. Hansen II, university historian and author of Democracy’s College (1977) and Democracy’s University (2007), has collaborated with Linda Meyer and Gordon Hazard to write CSU's Sense of Place: A Campus History of Colorado’s Land-Grant University.

This new publication traces Colorado State’s evolution through six chronological eras; five campuses; and nearly all structures, landscaping features, and property acquisitions related to the school’s existence. Replete with numerous photos and maps, it provides a detailed visual reference to CSU’s physical heritage.

CSU's historian, James Hansen, recounts CSU's story between 1970 to 2003.

The book looks at topics such as the changing campus community, the growth of technology in education, outreach, the millennial generation, and other challenges at the university.

James Hansen is a Professor Emeritus in the history department and is also the University Historian. This winter, Hansen's newest book CSU's Sense of Place: a Campus History of Colorado's Land-Grant University will be available from the CSU Bookstore. Hansen also established the university archives.

"The Border War" by Robert Gagliardi is a depiction of the long history of the football rivalry between Colorado State and Wyoming, that dates back to 1899. The book chronicles some of the memorable games and characters over the years, and describes why this is one of the best rivalries in college football.

The authors are both national award-winning sports journalists. Robert Gagliardi is the senior sports editor for wyosports.net, the combined efforts of the newspapers in Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyo., who has covered University of Wyoming football and basketball for nearly 25 years. Ryan Thorburn is a reporter for The Register-Guard in Eugene, Oregon, who covers University of Oregon football.

This is the fourth book Thorburn has written on the history of University of Wyoming sports.