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Author Whyte, William (William Hadden), author.

Title Redbrick : a social and architectural history of Britain's civic universities / William Whyte.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (389 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary A full-scale study of Britain's civic universities, arguing that the education model created by Redbrick institutions has become the normal university experience throughout the country, shaping the lives and careers of millions.
Contents ""Cover ""; ""Redbrick: A social and architectural history of Britain�s civic universities ""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: 1783-1843""; ""Prologue""; ""1: New Universities for a New Century""; ""The Synagogue of Satan""; ""A Blind to the Protestant and High Church Party""; ""A Rambling, Fumbling Solution""; ""2: The People and Places of the University of London""; ""Is This Not Robbery?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Part II: 1843-1880""; ""Prologue""
""3: Experiments in Ireland and England""""Oh! Ambition! Ambition! Thou Curse of the Noblest Minds!""; ""4: Building the Mid-Victorian University""; ""A Whirlpool of People and Apparatus""; ""Conclusion""; ""Part III: 1880-1914""; ""Prologue""; ""5: The Making of a Modern University""; ""A Glorified Night School""; ""6: Life in a Modern University""; ""On the Making of Traditions""; ""Like an Illegitimate Child of the London Law Courts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Part IV: 1914-1949""; ""Prologue""; ""7: Redbrick Attacked""; ""Redbrickbats""; ""8: Redbrick Inhabited""; ""Professor Deadwood""
""Conclusion""""PART V: 1949-1973""; ""Prologue""; ""9: The Expansion of Redbrick""; ""The Writing on the Redbrick Wall""; ""The Uneasy Don""; ""10: Buildings and Battles""; ""Alma Mater Rejecta""; ""Conclusion""; ""PART VI: 1973-1997""; ""Prologue""; ""11: Reshaping Higher Education""; ""12: Students and Staff""; ""Thrusting, Forthright, Doing it, Getting the Money in""; ""13: Towards a New Architecture?""; ""Conclusion""; ""14: Epilogue: Redbrick since 1997 ""; ""Bibliography of works cited""; ""MANUSCRIPT SOURCES ""; ""Birmingham""; ""1. Birmingham City University Archive""
""2. Birmingham University Archive""""3. Queen�s Foundation Archive""; ""Brighton""; ""Cardiff""; ""Colchester""; ""Dundee""; ""Exeter""; ""Keele""; ""Leeds""; ""Leicester""; ""1. De Montfort University Archive""; ""2. University of Leicester Archive""; ""Liverpool""; ""1. Liverpool University Archive""; ""2. Liverpool University Special Collections""; ""London""; ""1. Association of Commonwealth Universities Archive""; ""2. Blackheath, Morden College Archive""; ""3. King�s College Archive""; ""4. The National Archive""; ""5. Senate House, University of London Archive""
""6. University College Archive""""Loughborough""; ""Manchester""; ""Nottingham""; ""Oxford""; ""1. Bodleian Library""; ""2. Oxford Brookes University Archive""; ""Reading""; ""Salford""; ""Sheffield""; ""Southampton""; ""University Modern Records Centre""; ""1. Association of University Teachers Archive""; ""2. Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals Archive""; ""3. National Union of Students Archive""; ""PRINTED""; ""State Papers""; ""Periodicals""; ""BOOKS AND ARTICLES""; ""WEBSITES AND OTHER UNPUBLISHED WORK""; ""Index""
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Subject Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- History.
Universities and colleges.
Great Britain.
History.
Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Sociological aspects -- History.
College buildings -- Great Britain -- History.
College buildings.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Social and architectural history of Britain's civic universities
Britain's civic universities
Other Form: Print version: Whyte, William (William Hadden). Redbrick 9780198716129 (OCoLC)896901699
ISBN 9780191025228 (electronic book)
0191025224 (electronic book)
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9780198716129