Wherever he went in the Empire, Cecil Rhodes observed, he found Oxford men on top. This scholarly and entertaining book examines how and why Oxford dominated Imperial policy and administration through its network of classical graduates; how Oxford's Imperialists and anti-Imperialists conducted their arguments in light of the history of Greece and Rome; and how proconsuls, missionaries, and teachers carried her traditions abroad. The conflicting hopes of what various groups in the University sought to obtain in the name of Empire are explored as well as the often bewildering impact of Oxford on the colonials who went there to study.
| ISBN: | 9780198203001 |
| Publication date: | 18th June 1992 |
| Author: | Richard Honorary Director, United Nations Career Records Project, and Senior Associate Member, Honorary Director, Uni Symonds |
| Publisher: | Clarendon Press an imprint of Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 392 pages |
| Series: | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Genres: |
Higher education, tertiary education European history Colonialism and imperialism |