The Illustrated History of Oxford University
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 March 1993
- ISBN 9780198201588
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages426 pages
- Size 254x197x36 mm
- Weight 1452 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 24 colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations, 5 maps 0
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Long description:
This richly illustrated book traces the story of Oxford University from its origins in the Middle Ages to the present day. Written by a team of scholars, all authorities in their fields, it spans 800 years of learning and incident to give a uniquely authoritative history of the University for the general reader.
Since the Middle Ages, Oxford University's part in learning has always been significant and colourful. Many future leaders of the nation have been educated there. The architecture of the University and colleges has become one of the glories of Europe, and its libraries and museums house a number of major collections. But most importantly, a university must be judged by its attachment to scholarship - a theme which runs throughout this book. Students have been drawn to Oxford from all over the world, and today the University is internationally recognized for its contribution to research, both in the sciences and in the liberal arts.
Authoritative, scholarly, and informative, this book captures the richness and diversity of Oxford University, and its contribution to the nation and to the world. In addition to over 200 illustrations, including 24 full-colour plates, specifically chosen to complement the wide-ranging text, there are also 5 maps, a chronology, annotated guides to further reading, and a full index.
`it offers a wide and unhackneyed choice of over 200 well-captioned illustrations packed into some 400 pages ... John Prest, and his nine contributors have made this far more than another Oxford picture book ... If appeal subscribers want to know what Oxford has given to the world, this book should help to tell them.'
The Oxford Times
Table of Contents:
JOHN PREST: City and University; REVD V. GREEN: The University and the Nation; G. TYACK: The Architecture of the University and the Colleges; REVD GEOFFREY ROWELL: The University's Contribution to Religion; H. D. JOCELYN: The University's Contribution to Classical Studies; ALAN BELL: The University's Contribution to Modern Studies in the Arts; O. IMPEY: The Collections of the University; PAUL WEINDLING: The University's Contribution to the Life Sciences and Medicine; PAUL HOCH: The University's Contribution to the Modern Physical Sciences; JOHN DARWIN: The Growth of an International University.
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