Birkbeck : 200 years of radical learning for working people /
"In 2023, Birkbeck, University of London celebrates 200 years of educating working people in central London. It was founded in 1923 as the London Mechanics' Institution and, from its inception, was a pioneering and radical institution. This history is animated by the conviction that Birkbe...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | Fisrt edition. |
| Series: | History of universities.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Birkbeck: 200 Years of Radical Learning forĖ Working People
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- 1: Introduction
- PART I: FROM MECHANICS TO GRADUATES
- 2: The Crown and Anchor Tavern
- 3: Education for Whom?
- 4: Useful Knowledge
- 5: The Birkbeck Schools
- 6: Ravenscroft's Birkbeck Bank
- 7: Governing the College
- 8: What Is a University?
- PART II: PLEASURE AND PREFERENCES
- 9: Art and Architecture
- 10: Dancing the Polka
- 11: The New Woman
- 12: Minoritized Communities
- PART III: STUDENT LIFE
- 13: 'Tea and Kippers'
- 14: Hares versus Rabbits
- Or, Social Lives
- 15: 'Man versus Rabbits'
- 16: The Students' 'Joy-Night'
- PART IV: WAR AND POLITICS
- 17: Worlds at War, 1914-1918
- 18: Worlds at War, 1939-1945
- 19: Reds in the Classroom
- 20: Radical Intellectuals
- PART V: CLASSROOMS
- 21: Science in the World
- 22: Disciplines
- 23: Numerical Automation
- Or, Computing
- 24: Paranormal Sciences
- 25: Teaching
- PART VI: BATTLES FOR BIRKBECK
- 26: 'Birkbeck's Unique Mission?'
- 27: Containing the Crisis
- PART VII: CONCLUSION
- 28: Into the Twenty-FirstCentury
- Bibliography
- 1. Archives and Collections
- 2. Newspapers and Periodicals
- 3. Oral and Email Interviews
- 4. Books and Articles
- Acknowledgements
- Index.