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  • History of Universities: Volume XXXIV/1

    A Global History of Research Education: Disciplines, Institutions, and Nations, 1840-1950

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    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. History of Universities XXXIV/1 contains the customary mix of learned articles which makes this publication an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. This ... Read more

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    A Very Short Introduction

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