A history of the University of Manchester, 1973-90
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A history of the University of Manchester, 1973-90
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2004
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Frank and entertaining account of the University of Manchester's struggle to meet the Government's demands for the rapid expansion of higher education in the 1950s and the 1960s. Looks at the University's ambitious building program: the controversial attempts to reform its constitution and improve its communications amid demands for greater democracy in the workplace, the struggle to retain its old pre-eminence in a competitive world where new 'green field' universities were rivalling older civic institutions. Tells the story, not just from the point of view of administrators and academics, but also from those of students and support staff (such as secretaries, technicians and engineers). Uses, not only official records, but also student newspapers, political pamphlets, and reminisences collected through interviews conducted by an experienced oral historian. The only book on the University of Manchester as a whole. -- .
Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
At the Centenary of Owens College
1. Fifties Expansion
Government, Science and Humanities
Student Culture
Building and Social Relations
2. The Sixties
Before and After the Robbins Report
Education Precinct and Student Village
Innovation and Reform
Communication and Constitutional Changes
Anxiety and Dissent
Participation and Protest
3. The Early Seventies
Aftermath of a Crisis, 1970-1973
Stability and Moral Conflict, 1970-1973
Epilogue
Sources and Bibliography
People Interviewed
Statistical Appendix -- .
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