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McGill University for the Advancement of Learning. Vol. 2: 1895-1971
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McGill University for the Advancement of Learning. Vol. 2: 1895-1971
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| Abstract |
In this second volume of the university's history, the author points out that at the turn of the twentieth century McGill could count students in only five faculties. Yet, in Medicine and Science, it had already gained an international reputation and, through its system of affiliated schools and colleges, had begun to exercise an influence within Canada disproportionate to its size. By the late 1960s McGill had survived the crucial war years, the considerable challenges of Duplessis' French-Canadian nationalism, and the student revolt. The author describes the evolution of the university's academic disciplines and its transformation from an elite college into a cosmopolitan university. He also draws revealing portraits of the university's many leaders including Cyril James, whom he describes as a super-efficient economist and a benevolent dictator of high principle.
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Montreal and Kingston
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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1984
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en
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Frost, Stanley B. McGill University for the Advancement of Learning. Vol. 2: 1895-1971. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1984.
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