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Lansdowne Era
The Lansdowne Era: Victoria College, 1946-1963
Edited by Edward Harvey
The Lansdowne Era: Victoria College 1946-1963 chronicles the years immediately prior to the founding of UVic in candid essays by 27 former students and instructors. Contributors include former federal cabinet minister David Anderson, BC Chief Justice Lance Finch and UVic Chancellor Ron Lou-Poy. Edited by Ted Harvey, a former student of Victoria College and now a consultant and professor at the University of Toronto, The Lansdowne Era shows how one college and its students responded to the Baby Boom, rapid economic growth and the emergence of youth culture. And as a document of an important part of the history of post-secondary education in Victoria, it stands as a fitting tribute to the late Peter Smith, a popular UVic professor and unofficial university historian.
Published by McGill-Queen’s University Press
180 pages (hard cover)
$49.95
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