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Thanks, Curt - I'm glad you like the blog!
I don't know the history very well, but given that not much of anything happens quickly in academia, I imagine that the review's characterization of a gradual becoming is correct. My read is that the foundations for the current system were laid back in the 19th century, but the current state of affairs probably took awhile to evolve in response.