1950s study on the assimilation of African and West Indian students in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge

This thesis of 296 pages was probably written in the mid- to late-1950s and is written in language that reflects the period. It features a bibliography of works from between 1902 and 1954, and the work is concerned with the black community and assimilation within the 'bluebrick universities' of Oxford and Cambridge.

The thesis - An analysis of the assimilation of African and West Indian students in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge - written by Sheila Webster, is a study of minorities. One copy of the title was previously located at the Edinburgh University Social Sciences Research Centre. It is not known to which institution the work was submitted.

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Accession no: E2011.19

Compiled by Graeme D. Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections.