Foreword Worlds of Difference 1. Modest Beginnings, 1629-1679 An Illustrious School in Amsterdam Universities and illustrious schools A false start Between school and university 1668: a new beginning 2. Expansion and Contraction, 1679-1735 Economies--or not? The theological "faculty" Scholars and enthusiasts The theatre of the physicians The Athenaeum as a city university Back to basics Out of the abyss 3. Two Faces, 1735-1794 Fighting decline Burmann's Athenaeum (1742-1770) The Athenaeum and experimentation Cras' Athenaeum (from 1771) Studies and students 4. Revolution and Recovery, 1795-1846 From Athenaeum Illustre to Schola Amstelodamensis A new task Structure in higher education University-standard education Medicine and the Clinical School Amsterdam student life A regard for learning 5. Towards a Metropolitan University, 1847-1892 A student body A new spirit Academics and amateurs A free university? Staff turnover The turning point The University of Amsterdam A city university New science 6. Second to None, 1893-1932 A jewel in Amsterdam's crown University and fatherland The First World War Rigour and professionalisation Medicine and healthcare The university's position Newcomers 7. Crisis, 1932-1960 A university in search of itself Discipline and self-discipline The squeeze Underground The purge Renewal? Growth ON the status of the municipal university 8.

City and University after 1960 City and university after 1960.