Our Minerva : the men and politics of the University of London, 1836-1858 / F.M.G. Willson
1995, First Edition. London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Athlone. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390018
ISBN: 0485114798
Physical description: xvii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-352) and index.
Contents: Acknowledgements -- List of Portraits -- Foreword / Negley Harte -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- 1 The Search for a Framework (starting p. 6) -- 2 Medical Deadlock (starting p. 18) -- 3 Choosing the Senators (starting p. 26) -- 4 The Team Assembled (starting p. 37) -- 5 An Oligarchical Tendency (starting p. 46) -- 6 Those Who Served (starting p. 59) -- 7 Curriculum, Registrar, Charter (starting p. 75) -- 8 Dr Arnold and the Scriptural Examination (starting p. 96) -- 9 Enter Rothman: Exit Somerville (starting p. 112) -- 10 Examinations and Faultlines (starting p. 127) -- 11 Towards Stalemate (starting p. 145) -- 12 Official Indifference: Internal Assessment (starting p. 165) -- 13 A New Round of Controversy (starting p. 178) -- 14 The Beginnings of Graduate Participation (starting p. 193) -- 15 The Supplementary Charter (starting p. 209) -- 16 An Unripeness of Time (starting p. 224) -- 17 A Parliamentary Constituency? (starting p. 241) -- 18 The Tomlinson Factor (starting p. 253) -- 19 Medical Equality (starting p. 269) -- 20 The Insistence of Sir George Grey (starting p. 277) -- 21 New Perspectives (starting p. 293) -- 22 Retrospect (starting p. 308) -- Appendix I: Examiners (starting p. 316) -- Appendix II: Institutions (starting p. 316) -- Appendix III: Medical schools (starting p. 316) -- Sources (starting p. 327) -- Notes (starting p. 329) -- Index (starting p. 353). Subjects: University of London History 19th century. University of London Administration History 19th century.
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