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Author:

Tames, Richard.

Title:

A traveller's history of Oxford / Richard Tames ; series editor, Denis Judd ; line drawings, Peter Geissler.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

Interlink Books,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

x, 374 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Subject:

University of Oxford--History.
Oxford (England)--History.
Oxford (England)--Description and travel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-351) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- ch. 1: Beginnings -- ch. 2: Renaissance and Reformation -- ch. 3: Classicism and crisis -- ch. 4: Republic, reaction and revolution -- ch. 5: Complacency and corruption -- ch. 6: Railways, religion and reform -- ch. 7: Opening up, reaching out -- ch. 8: War and Waugh -- ch. 9: Pillar of the establishment -- Museums -- Walking tours of Oxford -- Trips from Oxford -- Sport -- Chronology.

Series:

The traveller's history series

ISBN:

9781566564670 (pbk.)
1566564670 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49952620

LCCN:

2002008348

Locations:

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)