UID:
almafu_9960117673302883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 105 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Fifth edition, revised.
ISBN:
0-511-70290-6
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Cambridge
Content:
S.C. Roberts, a senior officer of Cambridge University Press as Secretary to the Press Syndicate, wrote several works for Cambridge, including a history of the Press and this handy visitors' guide to the University. After its first publication in 1934, this book went through a number of editions and was thoroughly updated after the Second World War. Roberts introduces the reader to the University from within, covering its history, its finest buildings, the way the University was run and the daily life of the undergraduate. The informal style makes this a highly entertaining introduction to the Cambridge of the 1930s and 40s: the entrance examination, the midnight curfew for undergraduates, the then new University Library, and the systems of governance. For everyone connected with Cambridge, it provides fascinating insights into what has and has not changed in the city since the Second World War.
Note:
This edition also issued in print: 2009.
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This edition originally published: Cambridge: University Press, 1948.
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Includes index.
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Preface; 1. Past and present; 2. Perambulation; 3. Academia; 4. Undergraduate; 5. Postgraduate; Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-00346-X
Language:
English
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