The Revolution of the Dons: Cambridge and Society in Victorian England

This fascinating 1968 history made an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between higher education and social change in nineteenth-century England, showing how the university was affected by extrinsic events. It combines historical scholarship with an appreciation of the social functions of higher education in an industrialised world.Rothblatt, Sheldon is the author of 'The Revolution of the Dons: Cambridge and Society in Victorian England', published 1981 under ISBN 9780521239585 and ISBN 0521239583.