The University of Toronto : a history : with a new introduction / Martin L. Friedland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedland, Martin L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Toronto--History.

University of Toronto.

History.

Physical Description:

lv, 764 p : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2013]

Contents:

Part 1 Beginnings

1 (1826) A Charter for King's College 3

2 (1842) Laying the Cornerstone 14

3 (1849) The Creation of the University of Toronto and Trinity College 24

4 (1850) Starting Over 32

5 (1853) New Professors 43

6 (1856) Building University College 54

7 (1860) Saving the University 64

8 (1871) Science and Technology 75

9 (1880) The Admission of Women 85

Part 2 Federation

10 (1883) Federation 99

11 (1887) More New Professors 113

12 (1887) Medicine 126

13 (1889) Law, Dentistry, and Other Professions 139

14 (1890) The Fire and New Construction 149

15 (1895) The Strike 158

Part 3 Aspirations

16 (1897) Graduate Studies 175

17 (1901) The Turn of the Century and the Rise of the Alumni Association 186

18 (1905) Whitney and the Royal Commission 197

19 (1907) Robert Falconer Chosen 211

20 (1908) Falconer's Early Years 224

21 (1909) Education, Medicine, and the Museum 236

Part 4 Turbulence

22 (1914) The Great War 253

23 (1919) Post War 269

24 (1922) Research and Graduate Studies 285

25 (1926) Good Years 302

26 (1931) Depressing Times 318

27 (1939) The Second World War 338

Part 5 Growth

28 (1944) Changing the Guard 363

29 (1950) 'Easy Street' 382

30 (1955) Planning for Growth 401

31 (1958) Financing Expansion 420

32 (1960) New Colleges 443

Part 6 Expanding Horizons

33 (1962) Graduate Studies: From Massey College to the Robarts Library 463

34 (1963) Multidisciplinary Endeavours 479

35 (1966) Engineering and Medicine 499

Part 7 Adjustment

36 (1967) Student Activism 525

37 (1971) A New Act 543

38 (1975) Sliding down Parnassus 560

39 (1980) Financial and Other Concerns 581

Part 8 Raising the Sights

40 (1986) Moving Forward 603

41 (1994) Raising the Sights 624

42 (1997) Moving up Parnassus 646.

Notes:

Reprint, with new introd. Originally published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442615366

1442615362

OCLC:

824645151