The School of Oriental and African Studies

Zusammenfassung A history of the School of Oriental and African Studies, which has evolved into a major world centre for academic teaching and scholarly research since its founding in 1916. Ian Brown surveys the School's role in Britain's complex relationships with, and understandings of, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Autorentext
Ian Brown was a postgraduate student at the School of Oriental and African Studies between 1968 and 1974, returning in 1979 as a lecturer on the economic history of South East Asia. He retired from the School in 2013 as Research Professor, having been Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities between 2007 and 2011. His major publications include The Elite and the Economy in Siam, c.189020 (1988), Economic Change in South-East Asia, c.183080 (1997) and Burma's Economy in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge, 2013).

Klappentext
A history of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London from its foundation in 1916.

Inhalt
Introduction; 1. 'Long contemplated and too long delayed': the founding of the School; 2. 'Partly a research institution and partly a vocational training centre': 1917; 3. The war years, 1939; 4. The great post-war expansion; 5. Expansion into the social sciences; 6. The great contraction; 7. The 1990s: renewed expansion but unresolved issues; 8. The past in the present; Bibliography; Index.

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