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The University of Toronto : A History, Second Edition.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (821 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442669154
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The University of TorontoDDC classification:
  • 378.71/3541
LOC classification:
  • LE3.T52 F754 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- PART ONE: BEGINNINGS -- 1 (1826) A Charter for King's College -- 2 (1842) Laying the Cornerstone -- 3 (1849) The Creation of the University of Toronto and Trinity College -- 4 (1850) Starting Over -- 5 (1853) New Professors -- 6 (1856) Building University College -- 7 (1860) Saving the University -- 8 (1871) Science and Technology -- 9 (1880) The Admission of Women -- PART TWO: FEDERATION -- 10 (1883) Federation -- 11 (1887) More New Professors -- 12 (1887) Medicine -- 13 (1889) Law, Dentistry, and Other Professions -- 14 (1890) The Fire and New Construction -- 15 (1895) The Strike -- PART THREE: ASPIRATIONS -- 16 (1897) Graduate Studies -- 17 (1901) The Turn of the Century and the Rise of the Alumni Association -- 18 (1905) Whitney and the Royal Commission -- 19 (1907) Robert Falconer Chosen -- 20 (1908) Falconer's Early Years -- 21 (1909) Education, Medicine, and the Museum -- PART FOUR: TURBULENCE -- 22 (1914) The Great War -- 23 (1919) Post War -- 24 (1922) Research and Graduate Studies -- 25 (1926) Good Years -- 26 (1931) Depressing Times -- 27 (1939) The Second World War -- PART FIVE: GROWTH -- 28 (1944) Changing the Guard -- 29 (1950) 'Easy Street' -- 30 (1955) Planning for Growth -- 31 (1958) Financing Expansion -- 32 (1960) New Colleges -- PART SIX: EXPANDING HORIZONS -- 33 (1962) Graduate Studies: From Massey College to the Robarts Library -- 34 (1963) Multidisciplinary Endeavours -- 35 (1966) Engineering and Medicine -- PART SEVEN: ADJUSTMENT -- 36 (1967) Student Activism -- 37 (1971) A New Act -- 38 (1975) Sliding down Parnassus -- 39 (1980) Financial and Other Concerns -- PART EIGHT: RAISING THE SIGHTS -- 40 (1986) Moving Forward -- 41 (1994) Raising the Sights -- 42 (1997) Moving up Parnassus -- Epilogue: (2000) A Walk through the Campus -- Sources and Credits.
Principal Sources -- Bibliography -- Picture Credits -- Readers of the Complete Manuscript -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Anyone who attended the University or who is interested in the growth of Canada's intellectual heritage will enjoy this compelling and magisterial history.
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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- PART ONE: BEGINNINGS -- 1 (1826) A Charter for King's College -- 2 (1842) Laying the Cornerstone -- 3 (1849) The Creation of the University of Toronto and Trinity College -- 4 (1850) Starting Over -- 5 (1853) New Professors -- 6 (1856) Building University College -- 7 (1860) Saving the University -- 8 (1871) Science and Technology -- 9 (1880) The Admission of Women -- PART TWO: FEDERATION -- 10 (1883) Federation -- 11 (1887) More New Professors -- 12 (1887) Medicine -- 13 (1889) Law, Dentistry, and Other Professions -- 14 (1890) The Fire and New Construction -- 15 (1895) The Strike -- PART THREE: ASPIRATIONS -- 16 (1897) Graduate Studies -- 17 (1901) The Turn of the Century and the Rise of the Alumni Association -- 18 (1905) Whitney and the Royal Commission -- 19 (1907) Robert Falconer Chosen -- 20 (1908) Falconer's Early Years -- 21 (1909) Education, Medicine, and the Museum -- PART FOUR: TURBULENCE -- 22 (1914) The Great War -- 23 (1919) Post War -- 24 (1922) Research and Graduate Studies -- 25 (1926) Good Years -- 26 (1931) Depressing Times -- 27 (1939) The Second World War -- PART FIVE: GROWTH -- 28 (1944) Changing the Guard -- 29 (1950) 'Easy Street' -- 30 (1955) Planning for Growth -- 31 (1958) Financing Expansion -- 32 (1960) New Colleges -- PART SIX: EXPANDING HORIZONS -- 33 (1962) Graduate Studies: From Massey College to the Robarts Library -- 34 (1963) Multidisciplinary Endeavours -- 35 (1966) Engineering and Medicine -- PART SEVEN: ADJUSTMENT -- 36 (1967) Student Activism -- 37 (1971) A New Act -- 38 (1975) Sliding down Parnassus -- 39 (1980) Financial and Other Concerns -- PART EIGHT: RAISING THE SIGHTS -- 40 (1986) Moving Forward -- 41 (1994) Raising the Sights -- 42 (1997) Moving up Parnassus -- Epilogue: (2000) A Walk through the Campus -- Sources and Credits.

Principal Sources -- Bibliography -- Picture Credits -- Readers of the Complete Manuscript -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Anyone who attended the University or who is interested in the growth of Canada's intellectual heritage will enjoy this compelling and magisterial history.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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