Key Profession: The History of the Association of University Teachers

by Harold J. Perkin

Book Overview

Originally published in 1969 Key Profession looks at the rise of the academic profession to its influence and importance, through the history of the Association of the University of Teachers, founded in 1919 and celebrating its half-centenary in 1969. As a study of a professional organization and political pressure group concerned with salary negotiations, conditions of service, academic freedom, and public policy on higher education, it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138335843
• ISBN13: 9781138335844
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"