The School of Oriental and African Studies : imperial training and the expansion of learning / Ian Brown.

A history of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London from its foundation in 1916.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Brown, Ian, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Long contemplated and too long delayed: the founding of the school
  • Partly a research institution and partly a vocational training centre: 1917-38
  • The war years, 1939-45
  • The great post-war expansion
  • Expansion into the social sciences
  • The great contraction
  • The 1990s: renewed expansion but unresolved issues
  • The past in the present.