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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book serves as an invaluable reference work for scholars of German university and student life, with particular strengths in its coverage of the history of student fraternities and the role of German universities in intellectual life in Austria and Germany in the 19th century. The author has painstakingly assembled a collection of primary source documents, including lecture notes, university rules and regulations, and student publications, providing a unique insight into the daily life and experiences of students during this period. In compiling and publishing this collection, the author has made a significant contribution to the study of German higher education, shedding light on the evolution of the German university system and the role of students within it. The book offers a comprehensive Ãberblick over the development of German universities during the long 19th century and does so in a way that makes accessible to readers the social and cultural milieu of university life in that period. The book's greatest strength lies in its presentation of little-known and otherwise difficult to access documents, which will doubtless prove useful to scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including higher education, German studies, and the history of education. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
Published by Ed. Beyers Nachfolger, Wien & Leipzig, 1912
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
paper-covered boards. Bibliographisches Jahrbuch für Deutsches Hochschulwesen (illustrator). 4to. paper-covered boards. (iii), xiv, (ii), 250 pages. I. Band, Berichtsjahre 1910 and 1911. This annual, organized topically, lists over 5200 publications concerning all aspects of higher education in Germany. (Besterman 1857) It includes an extensive table of contents and a name index. The exterior of this copy is in poor condition. The spine is missing and the boards have become fragile. The boards are cracked or broken in a few spots with some loss (including a one by one inch portion from the rear fore-edge. The interior is in much better condition. It's only defects are a few dog-eared corners, the loss of the lower fore-edge corner of the title page, and a few markings from formerly being part of a public library collection (including a plate on the front paste-down).