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OverviewThe ancient University of Oxford was established in a medium-sized medieval market town in the late eleventh century and for some six hundred years principally served the needs of the English church. By the mid-nineteenth century, both town and university had been marginalized by the new forces of liberalism, nationalism, and industrialization. Many continental universities, similarly disadvantaged by their location and religious raisons d'etre, simply disappeared in the course of the nineteenth century. Oxford, however, went on to become one of the world's leading centres of research and teaching. This volume traces Oxford's improbable rise from a provincial backwater to a global colossus. It is a story not of entitlement but of hard work, difficult decisions, and a creative use of limited resources and advantages. Full Product DetailsAuthor: L. W. B. BrocklissPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 18.50cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 1.962kg ISBN: 9780199243563ISBN 10: 0199243565 Pages: 912 Publication Date: 24 March 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart 1: The Catholic University: c.1100-1534 Introduction: The First Universities 1: Foundation and Institutionalisation 2: A University of Clerics 3: Halls and Colleges 4: Teaching and Learning Conclusion: Towards the Reformation Part II: The Anglican University: 1534-1845 Introduction: The Age of Confessionalism 5: The University and the Colleges 6: Church and State 7: Students and Teachers 8: Masters and Learning Conclusion: English Exceptionalism Part III: The Imperial University: 1845-1945 Introduction: Reform and Resurrection 9: A Century of Reform 10: Undergraduates and their Education 11: Oxford Life 12: Towards the Research University Conclusion: Oxford in Context Part IV: The World University: 1945-2013 13: External Pressures and Internal Responses 14: Students, Staff, and Research 15: The Oxford Experience Conclusion: Future Prospects AppendixReviewsThis magisterial synthesis ... is an independent scholarly work, rich with details and insights and setting Oxford into larger educational contexts. Excellent illustrations, fine maps, and revealing tables enhance a volume that is sure to become a standard classic ... Highly recommended. * CHOICE * The book is a balanced and highly readable account of an institution which remains a beacon of knowledge and scholarship around the world * Commonwealth Lawyers' Association * Brockliss' work is crammed with fascinating discussions, debates and analyses concerning the university and its place in history - and, indeed, in the world. * Ben Ray, Cherwell * generous in its detail and clear in its narrative. * Oxford Culture Review * well written, expertly presented, comprehensive, clear in its judgements. * Michael Alexander, Tablet * An extraordinary achievement, resting on a staggering amount of research ... Professor Brockliss has processed a truly terrifying amount of material, and seems equally assured on medieval scholasticism, modern medicine, or the quantities of wine consumed by 18th-century dons (it was a lot - even more than you might expect). It is also a remarkably easy read. * The Revd Peter Anthony, Church Times * Magnificently readable ... The particular benefits of this volume are that it brings the story right up to 2015, and that the author makes excellent use of a comparative knowledge of higher education in the UK and globally * Oxford Today * Brockliss's masterly, energetically written history uncovers a wealth of fascinating details. * Paula Byrne, The Times * Brockliss has achieved a considerable statement in the history of higher education. * David B. Taylor, History of Education * magnificently readable ... The particular benefits of this volume are that it brings the story right up to 2015, and that the author makes excellent use of a comparative knowledge of higher education in the UK and globally Oxford Today Brockliss's masterly, energetically written history uncovers a wealth of fascinating details. Paula Byrne, The Times magnificently readable ... The particular benefits of this volume are that it brings the story right up to 2015, and that the author makes excellent use of a comparative knowledge of higher education in the UK and globally Oxford Today Author InformationProfessor L.W.B. Brockliss is a historian of education, science, and medicine with a particular interest in early-modern France and England. His doctoral thesis was on the University of Paris and his first book was a study of French Higher Education in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (1987). More recently, he has been the editor and co-author of Magdalen College, Oxford: A History (2008). For many years he was the English representative on the international commission for the history of higher education and he has also edited the journal History of Universities. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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