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Author Deslandes, Paul R., 1965-

Title Oxbridge men [electronic resource] : British masculinity and the undergraduate experience, 1850-1920 / Paul R. Deslandes.

Imprint Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.

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Description xviii, 319 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-308) and index.
Contents Constructing superiority : the university and the undergraduate -- The transition from boyhood to manhood -- "Your name and college, sir?" : discipline and authority -- Those "horrid," "holy" schools : examinations, competition, and masculine struggle -- "Impervious to the gentler sex?" : boat races, heterosocial relations, and masculinity -- Girl graduates and colonial students.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject University of Oxford -- Students -- History.
University of Cambridge -- Students -- History.
Male college students -- England -- History.
Masculinity -- England -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0253345782 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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