Description: 1 A Warehouse of Precious Goods: The University in its Urban Context.- I - Roots.- 2 Scholarship, Local Life, and the Necessity of Worldliness.- 3 Politics and the University.- 4 The World of Arts and the University.- II - Locations.- 5 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Earthly Planning in a Heavenly City.- 6 Louvain-Ia-Neuve: A New City for an Old University.- 7 Rome: Three Universities in Search of Actors: A Capital City Case.- 8 Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen: Universities' Locational Interests and Urban Politics.- III - Roles.- 9 A Shared Space in a Divided Society: The Queen's University of Belfast.- 10 Corrupt Capital, Reformed Academy: Beijing and the Identity of Beijing University, 1898-1919.- 11 Developing and Sustaining an Urban Mission: Concordia University in Montreal.- 12 The University and the City Council: The Political Interface in Portsmouth UK.- 13 Urban Change and Institutional Adaptation: The Geographical Identity of the University of Miami.

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