Halfway up Parnassus - Claude T Bissell - Books - University of Toronto Press - 9781442651975 - December 15, 1974
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Claude T Bissell
Halfway up Parnassus

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Halfway up Parnassus is a personal account of the University of Toronto with particular emphasis on the period when Dr. Bissell was its president, from 1958 to 1971. The first half of that period was the flowering of the old, self-confident university, with its established patterns of government, and its untroubled constituents. The second half saw the slow, powerful emergence of a new university, uncertain of itself and its role, seeking to find a form for democratic aspirations--not, however, without some dramatic confrontations with left-wing students. Nowhere in Canada was the process more sharply defined than at the University of Toronto. This book records that process from the point of view of a major participant. It is also intended as a series of portraits of major academic figures and as an intimate recollection of a society that is passing away.



It is not a philosophical book about education, but a human document--an attempt to render the tone of academic society, and in this account Dr. Bissell has combined, to great effect, autobiography, descriptive narration, and historical analysis. The book will be of interest to Canadians concerned about our intellectual and cultural life, and to academic societies everywhere.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 15, 1974
ISBN13 9781442651975
Publishers University of Toronto Press
Pages 208
Dimensions 170 × 244 × 11 mm   ·   340 g
Language English  

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