A History of the University of Cambridge: Volume 3, 1750-1870

by Peter Searby

Overview

This volume describes the structure, constitution and curricula of the University of Cambridge and the part it played in the political life of Britain. For most of this period the University functioned largely as a seminary for the Church of England, and much attention is paid to the religious views of its members. The careers and intellectual achievements of some leading scholars are described in detail, while undergraduate life—social, sporting and academic—is examined through individual case studies. Special attention is paid to the movement to reform and modernize the University in the period 1830-70.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521350600
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/06/1997
Series:	History of the University of Cambridge , #3
Pages:	815
Product dimensions:	6.42(w) x 9.25(h) x 2.05(d)

Table of Contents

General editor's preface; Introduction; 1. Townscape and University: topographical change; 2. The University: its constitution, personnel and tasks; 3. Colleges: buildings, masters and fellows; 4. Colleges: tutors, bursars and money; 5. Mathematics, law and medicine; 6. Science and other studies; 7. Religion in the University: its rituals and significance; 8. The orthodox and latitudinarian traditions, 1700–1800; 9. Cambridge religion 1780–1840: evangelicanism; 10. Cambridge religion: the mid-Victorian years; 1. The University as a political institution, 1750–1815; 12. The background to University reform, 1830–50; 13. Cambridge and reform, 1815–1870; 14. The Graham Commission and its aftermath; 15. The undergraduate experience, I: Philip Yorke and the Wordsworths; 16. The undergraduate experience, II: Charles Astor Bristed and William Everett; 17. The undergraduate experience, III: William Thomson; 18. Games for gownsmen: walking, athletics, boating and ball games; 19. Leisure for town and gown: music, debating and drama; Appendices; Bibliography.

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"...it will give a great deal of pleasure to readers..." W.R. Ward, Journal of Modern History

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