This entertaining account of Cambridge around the turn of the twentieth century contains the centenary edition of the complete text of F. M. Cornford's famous satire of 1908 on university politics, Microcosmographia Academica, together with a full account of the controversies which gave rise to it. Cambridge during this period was being subjected to pressure for reform from within and outside the University, forcing it to radical social and academic change, above all by extending and altering the curriculum and by admitting women. All these matters, many of which remain in debate at the beginning of the twenty-first century in Cambridge and in the wider academic community, provoked fierce debates and provided a rich context for Cornford's pamphlet. The book is illustrated with a selection of contemporary photographs and portraits.
- ISBN13 9780521723732
- Publish Date 21 February 2008 (first published 1 September 1994)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 21 September 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Edition Centenary edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 124
- Language English