Author: ROTHBLATT, SHELDON.
Title: The Revolution of the Dons. Cambridge and Society in Victorian England.
Description: London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1968. 1st edition. "The history of nineteenth-century Cambridge and the great reforms of 1860 to 1882 are related to an identity crisis among Victorian dons who comprised an integral part of England's intellectual aristocracy.The disruption of Cambridge's historic and special association with Church and State threatened dons with alienation from industrial society." Pp.319, owner's name to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, dustwrapper slightly rubbed but is in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

Keywords: Sheldon Rothblatt Revolution Dons Cambridge Society Victorian England Social History Schools Social Mobility Education Donnishness College Church State Institutionalism 48233 History: : British


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