The School of Oriental and African Studies : imperial training and the expansion of learning /
Ian Brown.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Long contemplated and too long delayed: the founding of the school -- Partly a research institution and partly a vocational training centre: 1917-38 -- The war years, 1939-45 -- The great post-war expansion -- Expansion into the social sciences -- The great contraction -- The 1990s: renewed expansion but unresolved issues -- The past in the present.