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From a small city college in the sixteenth century the University of Edinburgh grew to be one of the world's greatest centres of scholarship, research and learning. Its history is told here by three of its leading historians with wit, verve and style.

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An urgent purchase for all concerned with and interested in the university! valuable and consistently readable! an extraordinary wealth of illustration! a fascinating set of glimpses into student life! This is a book to be welcomed. -- Ian Campbell An urgent purchase for all concerned with and interested in the university! valuable and consistently readable! an extraordinary wealth of illustration! a fascinating set of glimpses into student life! This is a book to be welcomed.

The University of Edinburgh

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    A Paperback / softback by R. D. Anderson, Michael Lynch, Nicholas Phillipson

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 10/09/2003
      ISBN13: 9780748616466, 978-0748616466
      ISBN10: 0748616462
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      Social and cultural history Higher education, tertiary education

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From a small city college in the sixteenth century the University of Edinburgh grew to be one of the world's greatest centres of scholarship, research and learning. Its history is told here by three of its leading historians with wit, verve and style.

      Trade Review
      An urgent purchase for all concerned with and interested in the university! valuable and consistently readable! an extraordinary wealth of illustration! a fascinating set of glimpses into student life! This is a book to be welcomed. -- Ian Campbell An urgent purchase for all concerned with and interested in the university! valuable and consistently readable! an extraordinary wealth of illustration! a fascinating set of glimpses into student life! This is a book to be welcomed.

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