A History of the University in Europe: Volume 3, Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1800–1945)

The story of the modern research university in Europe and its expansion to other continents, first published in 2004.

Walter Rüegg (Edited by)

9780521361071, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 September 2004

776 pages, 20 tables
23 x 16.2 x 5.3 cm, 1.36 kg

'This volume can be read with profit by anyone interested in the development of higher education.' The Times Literary Supplement

This is the third volume of a four-part series which covers the development of the university in Europe (east and west) from its origins to the present day, focusing on a number of major themes viewed from a European perspective. The originality of the series lies in its comparative, interdisciplinary, collaborative and trans-national nature. It deals also with the content of what was taught at the universities, but its main purpose is an appreciation of the role and structures of the universities as seen against a backdrop of changing conditions, ideas and values. This 2004 volume deals with the modernisation, differentiation and expansion of higher education which led to the triumph of modern science, changing the relations between universities and national states, teachers and students, their ambitions and political activities. Special attention is focused on the fundamental advances in 'learning' - the content of what was taught at the universities.

Foreword Walter Rüegg
Part I. Themes and Patterns: 1. Themes Walter Rüegg
2. Patterns Christopher Charle
Part II. Structures: 3. Relations with authority Paul Gerbod
4. Resources and management Paul Gerbod
5. Teachers Matti Klinge
6. The diffusion of European models outside Europe Edward Shils and John Roberts
Part III. Students: 7. Admission Fritz Ringer
8. Student movements Lieve Gevers and Louis Vos
9. Graduation and careers Konrad H. Jarausch
Part IV. Learning: 10. Theology and the arts Walter Rüegg
11. History and the social sciences Asa Briggs
12. The mathematical and the exact sciences Paul Blockstaele
13. Biological and geosciences Anto Leikola
14. Medicine Antonie M. Luyendijk-Elshout
15. Technology Anna Guagnini
Epilogue: universities and war in the twentieth century Notker Hammerstein.

Subject Areas: History of science [PDX], Education [JN], History of ideas [JFCX], Social & cultural history [HBTB], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], European history [HBJD]