Description: This meticulously researched and well-written account of the third oldest university in the Western Hemisphere during the nineteenth century offers substantial enlightenment on not only the history of a key institution in Central American history, but also on the political, cultural, and social history of the early national period. It is a model of scholarship and should be in every library collection with a focus of interest in Latin American history. Pattridge's account is one of very few objective histories of Latin American universities in English. It also essentially adds a third volume to John Tate Lanning's two volumes on the colonial history of the University of San Carlos. (Ralph Lee Woodward, Jr., Professor of History, Emeritus, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana)

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