The University and the city : from medieval origins to the present / edited by Thomas Bender.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bender, Thomas.

New York University. Graduate School of Arts and Science.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban universities and colleges--History--Congresses.

Urban universities and colleges.

History.

City and town life--History--Congresses.

City and town life.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 316 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

This book contains an innovative and important series of studies of the complex relations of major cities associated with key moments in the history of higher learning in the West. By exploring the interplay of university learning and civic culture over the centuries, Bender provides a novel perspective on the history of both universities and cities. The theme is pursued in studies of Bologna, Paris, Florence, Leiden, Geneva, Edinburgh, London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Chicago, and New York by several distinguished scholars, including Gene Brucker, Carl Schorske, Edward Shils, Martin Jay, and Nathan Glazer.

Notes:

Essays presented at a conference on the occasion of the centennial of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at New York University in 1986-1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195052730