1 online resource (xiii, 764 pages) :

"The University of Toronto is Canada's leading university and one of Canada's most important cultural and scientific institutions. In this history of the University from its origin as King's College in 1827 to the present, Martin Friedland brings personalities, events, and changing visions and ideas into a remarkable synthesis. His scholarly yet highly readable account presents colourful presidents, professors, and students, notable intellectual figures from Daniel Wilson to Northrop Frye and Marshall McLuhan, and dramatic turning points such as the admission of women in the 1880s, the University College fire of 1890, the discovery of insulin, involvement in the two world wars, the student protests of the 1960s, and the successful renewal of the 1980s and 1990s." "The first full treatment of the subject in seventy-five years, The University of Toronto: A History is published to coincide with the University's 175th anniversary. Anyone who attended the University of Toronto or who is interested in the growth of Canada's intellectual heritage will enjoy this authoritative and engaging work."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references and index

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""Contents""; ""Prologue""; ""PART ONE: BEGINNINGS""; ""1 (1826) A Charter for King's College""; ""2 (1842) Laying the Cornerstone""; ""3 (1849) The Creation of the University of Toronto and Trinity College""; ""4 (1850) Starting Over""; ""5 (1853) New Professors""; ""6 (1856) Building University College""; ""7 (1860) Saving the University""; ""8 (1871) Science and Technology""; ""9 (1880) The Admission of Women""; ""PART TWO: FEDERATION""; ""10 (1883) Federation""; ""11 (1887) More New Professors""; ""12 (1887) Medicine""; ""13 (1889) Law, Dentistry, and Other Professions""

""14 (1890) The Fire and New Construction""""15 (1895) The Strike""; ""PART THREE: ASPIRATIONS""; ""16 (1897) Graduate Studies""; ""17 (1901) The Turn of the Century and the Rise of the Alumni Association""; ""18 (1905) Whitney and the Royal Commission""; ""19 (1907) Robert Falconer Chosen""; ""20 (1908) Falconer's Early Years""; ""21 (1909) Education, Medicine, and the Museum""; ""PART FOUR: TURBULENCE""; ""22 (1914) The Great War""; ""23 (1919) Post War""; ""24 (1922) Research and Graduate Studies""; ""25 (1926) Good Years""; ""26 (1931) Depressing Times""

""27 (1939) The Second World War""""PART FIVE: GROWTH""; ""28 (1944) Changing the Guard""; ""29 (1950) 'Easy Street'""; ""30 (1955) Planning for Growth""; ""31 (1958) Financing Expansion""; ""32 (1960) New Colleges""; ""PART SIX: EXPANDING HORIZONS""; ""33 (1962) Graduate Studies: From Massey College to the Robarts Library""; ""34 (1963) Multidisciplinary Endeavours""; ""35 (1966) Engineering and Medicine""; ""PART SEVEN: ADJUSTMENT""; ""36 (1967) Student Activism""; ""37 (1971) A New Act""; ""38 (1975) Sliding down Parnassus""; ""39 (1980) Financial and Other Concerns""

""PART EIGHT: RAISING THE SIGHTS""""40 (1986) Moving Forward""; ""41 (1994) Raising the Sights""; ""42 (1997) Moving up Parnassus""; ""Epilogue: (2000) A Walk through the Campus""; ""Sources and Credits""; ""Principal Sources""; ""Bibliography""; ""Picture Credits""; ""Readers of the Complete Manuscript""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""