Deslandes, Paul R., 1965-

Oxbridge men British masculinity and the undergraduate experience, 1850-1920 / [electronic resource] : Paul R. Deslandes. - Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005. - xviii, 319 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-308) and index.

Constructing superiority : the university and the undergraduate -- The transition from boyhood to manhood -- "Your name and college, sir?" : discipline and authority -- Those "horrid," "holy" schools : examinations, competition, and masculine struggle -- "Impervious to the gentler sex?" : boat races, heterosocial relations, and masculinity -- Girl graduates and colonial students.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






University of Oxford--Students--History.
University of Cambridge--Students--History.


Male college students--History.--England
Masculinity--History.--England


Electronic books.

LA637.7 / .D48 2005

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