Student London: A New History of Higher Education in the Capital
Autor Georgina Brewis, Sam Blaxlanden Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 aug 2026
Offering a detailed examination of life at the original London University (known as University College London since 1836) and many other institutions, this book captures a range of higher education experiences and perspectives in London. With insights into histories of education, class, gender, race, LGBTQ+ culture, leisure, politics, protest, housing, and charity in the capital, Student London draws on a rich and wide-ranging source base that includes several hundred student memoirs and oral history interviews; student newspapers, magazines, and film; visual and material culture; and Mass Observation data, court reports, and secret service files.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781806550159
ISBN-10: 1806550156
Pagini: 560
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: UCL Press
Colecția UCL Press
ISBN-10: 1806550156
Pagini: 560
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: UCL Press
Colecția UCL Press
Notă biografică
Georgina Brewis is professor of social history at the University College London (UCL). Sam Blaxland is a lecturer in education at UCL.
Cuprins
List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
A note on terminology
Timeline of relevant institutional changes
Introduction
1 London’s first university and its students, 1826–1858
2 Mid-Victorian London, 1858–1890
3 London students at the fin de siècle, 1890–1914
4 The Great War and the reconstruction of university life, 1914–1930
5 Modernity interrupted, 1930–1945
6 Austerity London, 1945–1963
7 Student life in ‘swinging London’, 1963–1979
8 Cutbacks and commercialisation, 1979–2003
9 Into the twenty-first century
Appendix: oral history
Select bibliography
Index
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
A note on terminology
Timeline of relevant institutional changes
Introduction
1 London’s first university and its students, 1826–1858
2 Mid-Victorian London, 1858–1890
3 London students at the fin de siècle, 1890–1914
4 The Great War and the reconstruction of university life, 1914–1930
5 Modernity interrupted, 1930–1945
6 Austerity London, 1945–1963
7 Student life in ‘swinging London’, 1963–1979
8 Cutbacks and commercialisation, 1979–2003
9 Into the twenty-first century
Appendix: oral history
Select bibliography
Index