Generational Conflict and University Reform - Oxford in the Age of Revolution

This book argues that growing tensions between students and the university authorities were crucial in determining the introduction of key reforms such as competitive examination and a uniform syllabus at Oxford against the background of the American and French Revolutions.

About the author

Heather Ellis completed her DPhil in History at the University of Oxford (2009) and is currently Lecturer in British History at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She has published widely on the history of higher education and masculinity in nineteenth-century Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Heather Ellis
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.08.2012
• EAN: 9789004225527
• ISBN: 978-90-04-22552-7
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Series: History of Science and Medicin
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management