Medienkombination, Englisch, 898 Seiten, Format (B × H): 324 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1460 g
Medienkombination, Englisch, 898 Seiten, Format (B × H): 324 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1460 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
ISBN: 978-1-108-01482-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Charles Astor Bristed (1820–1874) was an American scholar and author and the first American writer to defend American English spelling. Having graduated from Trinity College in 1845 he published this two-volume account of his experiences at the university in 1852 to provide an accurate, first-hand account of study in an English university for Americans, with the intent of starting a debate over including aspects of English higher education in the American system. Written for those with no experience of the university, volume 1 provides valuable insights into the life of a Cambridge student in the middle of the nineteenth century. The second volume contains an analysis of study at Cambridge and explores the shortcomings and advantages of the American system. Examination papers for mathematics and classics from the 1840s are included in an appendix.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
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Volume I: Preface; 1. First impressions of Cambridge; 2. Some particulars, rather egotistical, but very necessary; 3. Introduction to college life; 4. The Cantab language; 5. An American student's first impressions at Cambridge and on Cambridge; 6. Freshman temptations and experiences; 7. The Boat Race; 8. A Trinity supper party; 9. The May examination; 10. The first long vacation; 11. The second year; 12. Third year; 13. Private tuition; 14. Long vacation amusements; 15. A second edition of third year; 16. The scholarship examination; 17. The reading party; 18. Sawdust pudding with ballad sauce; 19. 'En Xurou Akmh'; 20. How I came to take a degree; 21. The Polloi and the civil law classes; 22. The classical tripos; 23. A visit to Eton; 24. Being extinguished; 25. Reading for a Trinity fellowship; 26. The study of theology at Cambridge; 27. Recent changes at Cambridge. Volume II: 1. The Cambridge system of education in its intellectual results; 2. Physical and social habits of Cambridge men; 3. On the state of morals and religion in Cambridge; 4. The Puseyite disputes in Cambridge, and the Cambridge Camden Society; 5. Inferiority of our colleges and universities in scholarships; 6. Supposed counterbalancing advantages of American colleges; 7. The advantages of classical studies, particularly in reference to the youth of our country; 8. What can we, and what ought we, to do for our colleges; Appendix.
