Oxford University’s Long Haul
Sheldon Rothblatt, 21 January 1988
The History of the University of Oxford. Vol. I: The Early Oxford Schools
edited by J.I. Catto.
Oxford, 684 pp., £55, June 1984,0 19 951011 3 Show More
edited by J.I. Catto.
Oxford, 684 pp., £55, June 1984,
The History of the University of Oxford. Vol. III: The Collegiate University
edited by James McConia.
Oxford, 775 pp., £60, July 1986,9780199510139 Show More
edited by James McConia.
Oxford, 775 pp., £60, July 1986,
The History of the University of Oxford. Vol. V: The 18th Century
edited by L.S. Sutherland and L.G. Mitchell.
Oxford, 949 pp., £75, July 1986,0 19 951011 3 Show More
edited by L.S. Sutherland and L.G. Mitchell.
Oxford, 949 pp., £75, July 1986,
Learning and a Liberal Education: The Study of History in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester, 1880-1914
by Peter Slee.
Manchester, 181 pp., £25, November 1986,9780719018961 Show More
by Peter Slee.
Manchester, 181 pp., £25, November 1986,
“... England and opens up a different perspective on the nature of the undergraduate curriculum. J.I. Catto points to the origins of the view in the 15th century that academic life possesses special characteristics. This is not elaborated but leads to an important question. Was the development of a sense of the special mission of a university more than just a ... ”