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Education Organizations & Institutions

The Lives of Dalhousie University: Volume II

1925-1980, The Old College Transformed

by (author) P.B. Waite

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
May 1997
Category
Organizations & Institutions, Higher
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773516441
    Publish Date
    May 1997
    List Price
    $100.00

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Description

The lives of professors and students, deans and presidents, their ideas and idiosyncrasies, their triumphs and failures, provide the driving force of Waite's narrative. Avoiding the details of financing, curriculum, and administration that sometimes dominate institutional histories, Waite focuses on the men and women who were the blood of the university and who established its traditions and ethos. Halifax in peace and war is basic to Dalhousie's history, as is its relations with other colleges and universities in Nova Scotia. Waite sets all this out, placing Dalhousie's development within the larger Nova Scotian context.

About the author

P.B. Waite is professor emeritus, Dalhousie University, and the author of The Life and Times of Confederation, 1864-1867 and The Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister. He is an officer of the Order of Canada.

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Editorial Reviews

"Often witty and dramatic and enlivened by a series of humorous anecdotes, Waite's narrative is informed throughout by a very mature analysis, analysis based upon an extensive perusal of written and oral sources interpreted with the skill of an experienced historian and in the light of a lifetime's acquaintance with universities in general and Dalhousie in particular. It ranks among Waite's best work." Ernest Forbes, Department of History, University of New Brunswick