Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Who better to be our guide to modern Cambridge than the Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History?....Brooke loves Cambridge and the number of topics he finds space to discuss is astonishing. He makes one wish the one volume had been two." Noel Annan, London Review of Books"His tale is well-balanced and measured, treating personalities, disciplines of stucy, colleges, and institutional developments of both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with equal seriousness. The book ultimately succeeds in weaving a coherent whole, leaving the reader with a sense of place and continuity, bearing witness to one institution's seemingly successful adaptation to historical change." Canadian Journal of History"All in all, Christopher Brooke has done a commendable job....Brooke manages to maintain the reader's interest and avoid the temptation to let his history degenerate into mere lists." D.E. Moggridge, Albion
Synopsis
Volume IV of the History explores the fascinating developments in 'the federation' of the University 1870-1990, including the entry of women and the roles of religion and learning.