The Peripatetic University: Cambridge Local Lectures 1873-1973

by Edwin Welch and B. Hunt

The Cambridge Extra Mural Board, which celebrated its centenary in 1973, was the first extra-mural department in any university, and is important both as a pioneer, much copied elsewhere, and because it was instrumental in the founding of other kinds of institution, including university colleges. Dr Welch has written a detailed history of the board and its predecessor, the Local Lectures Syndicate, based primarily on the archive material at Stuart...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052108959X
• ISBN13: 9780521089593
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"