A History of the University of Cambridge: Volume III, 1750-1870

Searby, Peter

Edité par Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997

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orig.cloth Minor rubbing. Page-edge soil. Bookplate to title-page. VG., dus Textual illustrations. 22x15cm, xviii,797 pp. Contents: Townscape and university: topographical change; The university: its constitution, personnel, and tasks; Colleges: buldings, masters, and fellows; Colleges: tutors, bursars, and money; methematics, law, and medicine; Sciencee and other studies; Religion in the university: its rituals and significance; The Orthodox and Latitudinarian traditions, 1700-1800; Cambridge religion: the mid-Victorian years; The university as a political institution, 1750-1815; The background to university reform, 1830-1850; The graham Commission and its aftermath; The undergraduate experience, I: Philip Yorke and the Wordsworths; The undergraduate experience, II: Charles Astor Bristed and William Everett; The undergraduate experience, III: William Thompson; Games for gownsmen: walking, athletics, boating, and ball games; Leisure for town and gown: music, debating, and drama. Minor rubbing. Page-edge soil. Bookplate to title-page. VG., dus.

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• Titre: A History of the University of Cambridge: Volume III, 1750-1870
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Date de parution: 1997
• Reliure: Couverture rigide