International Dictionary of University Histories: Edited by Carol Summerfield and Mary Elizabeth DevineCarol J. Summerfield, Mary Elizabeth Devine Taylor & Francis, 1998 - 780 pages Modeled on Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places, the International Dictionary of University Histories provides basic information on 200 institutions--location, description, sources of further information--followed by an extensive 3000 to 5000 word essay on each university's history. Entries on each university conclude with a Further Reading list, and most entries are illustrated. Coverage is world-wide, and entries range from the great medieval institutions (Oxford, Heidelberg, the Sorbonne) to the great historic universities of the United States, to the newer universities of Australia and South Africa, to the lesser-known universities of India, China, and Japan. More than 200 writers, researchers and archival departments of the universities themselves have contributed to the Dictionary . Entries include those universities with the most fascinating histories and those that have played important roles in the development of their own countries and in the furtherance of world scholarship. |
Contents
Aalborg University | 3 |
Aligarh Muslim University | 18 |
Barnard College | 34 |
Brigham Young University | 51 |
California Institute of Technology | 64 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong | 78 |
City University of New York | 85 |
Claremont Colleges | 94 |
Michigan State University | 270 |
National Autonomous University of Mexico | 285 |
New York University | 300 |
College of William and Mary | 360 |
Columbia University | 407 |
Vanderbilt University | 686 |
Washington University | 701 |
Willamette University | 714 |
Howard University | 195 |
Indian Agricultural Research Institute | 209 |
Jawaharlal Nehru University | 224 |
Kyushu University | 238 |
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich | 253 |
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Photograph Acknowledgments | 779 |
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