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The Shop by R.J.W. Selleck - ISBN: 9780522850512
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A history of the University of Melbourne from 1850 to 1939. Offering a social, educational and cultural history rather than an institutional one, the author places the university into the society of which it was (and is) a part. The daily life of both staff and students is portrayed.

The Shop

The University of Melbourne, 1850-1939

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    928 pages

  • Release Date

    15 May 2003

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This is a warm, wry narrative, gentle but persistent in its ironies, and marvelously attuned to the untidiness, drama and farce of the birth and progress of a self-consciously prestigious institution.Amid the excitement and disorder of the gold rush, Melbourne’s middle class created the University of Melbourne-known to many generations as ‘The Shop’-to serve the interests of its sons. The foundation professors were well acquainted with the ancient universities of England and Ireland, but they…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522850512
ISBN-10:0522850510
Author:R.J.W. Selleck
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:928
Edition:1st
Release Date:15 May 2003
Weight:1.65kg
Dimensions:247mm x 157mm x 49mm
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About The Author

R.J.W. Selleck

R.J.W. Selleck is an emeritus professor of education at Monash University. He is the author of The New Education, English Primary Education and the Progressives, Frank Tate, and James Kay-Shuttleworth.

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