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Ark of civilization : refugee scholars and Oxford University, 1930-1945

'Ark of Civilization' addresses Oxford's role as a shelter, a meeting point, and a centre of thought in the arts and humanities in the midst of WWII, interweaving personal and global histories to explore how refugee scholars had a profound and lasting impact on the development of Brit...

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Other Authors:	Crawford, Sally (Editor, HerausgeberIn) Elsner, Jaś (Editor, HerausgeberIn) Ulmschneider, Katharina (Editor, HerausgeberIn)
Document Type:	Online Resource Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2017
Edition:	First edition
Subjects:	University of Oxford > Alumni and alumnae University of Oxford > History > 20th century
Online Access:	http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687558.001.0001
Author Notes:	Sally Crawford, Katharina Ulmschneider, Jaś Elsner
E-Book Packages:	Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection

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