Book contents
- The School of Oriental and African Studies
- The School of Oriental and African Studies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Book part
- Introduction
- 1 ‘Long contemplated and too long delayed’: the founding of the School
- 2 ‘Partly a research institution and partly a vocational training centre’: 1917–1938
- 3 The war years, 1939–1945
- 4 The great post-war expansion
- 5 Expansion into the social sciences
- 6 The great contraction
- 7 The 1990s: renewed expansion but unresolved issues
- 8 The past in the present
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - ‘Long contemplated and too long delayed’: the founding of the School
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2016
Book contents
- The School of Oriental and African Studies
- The School of Oriental and African Studies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Book part
- Introduction
- 1 ‘Long contemplated and too long delayed’: the founding of the School
- 2 ‘Partly a research institution and partly a vocational training centre’: 1917–1938
- 3 The war years, 1939–1945
- 4 The great post-war expansion
- 5 Expansion into the social sciences
- 6 The great contraction
- 7 The 1990s: renewed expansion but unresolved issues
- 8 The past in the present
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The School of Oriental and African StudiesImperial Training and the Expansion of Learning, pp. 7 - 40Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016