Empire of scholars : universities, networks and the British academic world, 1850-1939 / Tamson Pietsch.
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TextSeries: Studies in imperialismPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015Edition: Paperback editionDescription: 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781784991760
- 1784991767
- Education, Higher -- Europe -- History -- 19th century
- Education, Higher -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
- Education, Higher -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Education, Higher -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- EDUCATION -- Higher
- Education, Higher
- Intellectual life
- Europe
- Great Britain
- 1800-1999
- 378.409034 23
- LA627 .P5 2015eb
Originally published: 2013.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-238) and index.
Print version record.
General editor's introduction; Preface and acknowledgements; Note on terminology; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Foundations: 1802-80; 1 Building institutions:localising 'universal' learning; Part II Connections: 1880-1914; 2 Forging links abroad:books, travelling scholarships, leave of absence; 3 Making appointments:access, exclusion and personalised trust; 4 Institutional association: mutual recognition and imperial organisation; Part III Networks: 1900-39; 5 Academic traffic:people, objects, information, ideas; 6 The Great War: mobilising colonial knowledge and connections.
7 After the peace:the Universities' Bureau and the expansive nationPart IV Erosions, 1919-60s; 8 Alternative ties:national and international forces; Conclusion; Appendix A Foundation dates of universities and colleges established in Britain and the Empire before the Second World War; Appendix B Timeline of institutions granted 'affiliated'status at the University of Oxford; Bibliography; Index.
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