TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Ian TI - The School of Oriental and African Studies: imperial training and the expansion of learning SN - 9781107164420 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - AZ\E B.I.S 2016 U1 - 378.421 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - University of London KW - School of Oriental and African Studies KW - History N1 - 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 ER -