Empire of Scholars: Universities, Networks and the British Academic World, 1850-1939

Focus on Australia, Canada, and South Africa with discussion of India. 

Contents: 

Part 1 Foundations: 1802-80 

• Building institutions: localising 'universal' learning 

Part 2 Connections: 1880-1914 

• Forging links abroad: books, travelling scholarships, leave of absence
• Making appointments: access, exclusion and personalised trust
• Institutional association: mutual recognition and imperial organisation 

Part 3 Networks: 1900-39

• Academic traffic: people, objects, information, ideas
• The Great War: mobilising colonial knowledge and connections
• After the peace:the Universities' Bureau and the expansive nation 

Part 4 Erosions, 1919-60s 

• Alternative ties: national and international forces
• Conclusion 

Appendix A Foundation dates of universities and colleges established in Britain and the Empire before the Second World War 

Appendix B Timeline of institutions granted 'affiliated' status at the University of Oxford