The university : a history in stone, silk, and blood / William Whyte.

Main entry:

Whyte, William (William Hadden), author.

Title & Author:

The university : a history in stone, silk, and blood / William Whyte.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2026.
©2026

Description:

431 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Straw -- Stone -- Flesh -- Blood -- Silk -- Paper -- Iron -- Concrete

Summary:

"Universities are spaces for contemplation but also sociability and simply living. The University places materiality at the center of the institution's 900-year history, tracing connections between the campus's shifting physical realities--straw and stone, flesh and blood, concrete and iron--and the evolving cultural meanings of higher learning"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780674495180 hardcover
0674495187 hardcover
electronic book
9780674305441
9780674305458

Subject:

College buildings.
Material culture.
Architecture and society.
Educational anthropology.
Culture matérielle.
Architecture et société.
Anthropologie et éducation.
material culture (discipline)
EDUCATION / History.

Form/genre:

Informational works.
Documents d'information.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 327569
Call No.: 327569
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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