Author: Searby, Peter
Title: A History of the University of Cambridge: Volume III, 1750-1870
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997. orig.cloth. 22x15cm, xviii,797 pp.. Textual illustrations.. Minor rubbing. Page-edge soil. Bookplate to title-page. VG. dus ¶ Contents: Townscape and university: topographical change; The university: its constitution, personnel, and tasks; Colleges: buldings, masters, and fellows; Colleges: tutors, bursars, and money; methematics, law, and medicine; Sciencee and other studies; Religion in the university: its rituals and significance; The Orthodox and Latitudinarian traditions, 1700-1800; Cambridge religion: the mid-Victorian years; The university as a political institution, 1750-1815; The background to university reform, 1830-1850; The graham Commission and its aftermath; The undergraduate experience, I: Philip Yorke and the Wordsworths; The undergraduate experience, II: Charles Astor Bristed and William Everett; The undergraduate experience, III: William Thompson; Games for gownsmen: walking, athletics, boating, and ball games; Leisure for town and gown: music, debating, and drama.

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