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Autore: | McWilliams Tennant S. <1943-> |
Titolo: | New lights in the valley [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of UAB / / Tennant S. McWilliams |
Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (569 p.) |
Disciplina: | 378.761/781 |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-493) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Overture: the spirit of the Dutchman -- Forces of a thousand years -- Unknowing relationships, 1936-44 -- Conception, 1944-50 -- Gestation, 1950-62 -- Stage one delivery, 1962-65 -- Stage two delivery, 1965-69 -- Volker's vigorous youth, 1969-76 -- Reach for maturity: the Hill years, 1977-86 -- Reach for maturity: the McCallum years, 1987-93 -- Reach for maturity: the Bennett years, 1993-96 -- Coda: prospect. |
Sommario/riassunto: | A scholarly narrative of UAB from its nascent beginnings through the mid 1990's. While the economy and culture of the post-World War II South changed from an era of material capital (e.g., cotton and iron ore) to a period of social capital (intellectual development and networked approaches to social change), one of the most important components of urban life, the university, emerged as both a creator and a reflector of such modernization. This is the case with Birmingham and its youthful institution of higher learning, the University of Alabama at Birmingham. |
Titolo autorizzato: | New lights in the valley |
ISBN: | 0-8173-8026-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451909803321 |
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