The distinctive character of the Free University in Amsterdam, 1880-2005
Subtitle: a commemorative history
By: Arie Theodorus van Deursen ; translated from the Dutch by Herbert Donald Morton.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780802862518
Subjects: Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam; Universities and colleges -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History
Work titles: Hoeksteen in het verzuild bestel.
Notes: Translation of: Een hoeksteen in het verzuild bestel.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-526) and index.
Table of contents: title: Venturing forth alone, 1880-1905; title: Inherit or borrow, 1905-1926; title: Christian scholarship, 1926-1955; title: Social scholarship, 1955-1968; title: The shadow of Marx, 1969-1980; title: Privatization of belief, 1980-2005.