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OverviewWhile 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 50-year-old institution of higher learning - the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). From its early days as a struggling offshoot of the capstone campus in Tuscaloosa, UAB's journey to its current status as a major medical complex and urban research university has been a bumpy but interesting one. Tennant McWilliams, a longtime UAB history professor, explores the whole range of historical considerations, including UAB's similarities and connections to trans-Atlantic civic universities of the 19th century; the irony of the shift from Big Steel to Big Medicine in Birmingham; the visionary administrations of Josph F. Volker, S. Richardson Hill, Charles A. (Scotty) McCallum, as well as those of J. Claude Bennett and others; and the evolving decision to make non-medical life at UAB less of a commuter experience and more of a traditional campus experience. McWilliams does not palliate the missteps and disputes that have, from time to time, impeded the institution's progress. But he explains why, despite various hurdles and distractions, UAB has arisen to be Alabama's largest employer and can today rightly boast that its complex of hospitals, clinics, and health care services are some of the most highly regarded by numerous national rankings. Indeed, as Alabama's only institution classified in the mid 1990s as a Carnegie I Research University, some areas - such as organ transplantation and behavioral science - have evolved into programs known to be among the best in the nation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tennant S. McWilliamsPublisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9780817315467ISBN 10: 0817315462 Pages: 568 Publication Date: 30 August 2007 Audience: Adult education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"Tennant McWilliams has written a superb account of UAB's history.... The research is prodigious, the interpretations sustainable. This book makes a substantial contribution to the literature of higher education and a huge contribution to the history of The University of Alabama, indeed the history of this state and of its 'Magic City.' - E. Culpepper Clark, author of The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation's Last Stand at The University of Alabama """"Just magnificentl... I am impressed with the accuracy and the detail and the historical sweep of the project, especially the early references to the cities of Europe. This is a monumental piece of scholarly work that deserves wide readership."""" - Clifton K. Meador, M.D., School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University" Tennant McWilliams has written a superb account of UAB's history.... The research is prodigious, the interpretations sustainable. This book makes a substantial contribution to the literature of higher education and a huge contribution to the history of The University of Alabama, indeed the history of this state and of its 'Magic City.' - E. Culpepper Clark, author of The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation's Last Stand at The University of Alabama Just magnificentl... I am impressed with the accuracy and the detail and the historical sweep of the project, especially the early references to the cities of Europe. This is a monumental piece of scholarly work that deserves wide readership. - Clifton K. Meador, M.D., School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Tennant McWilliams has written a superb account of UAB's history.... The research is prodigious, the interpretations sustainable. This book makes a substantial contribution to the literature of higher education and a huge contribution to the history of The University of Alabama, indeed the history of this state and of its 'Magic City.' - E. Culpepper Clark, author of The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation's Last Stand at The University of Alabama Just magnificentl... I am impressed with the accuracy and the detail and the historical sweep of the project, especially the early references to the cities of Europe. This is a monumental piece of scholarly work that deserves wide readership. - Clifton K. Meador, M.D., School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Author InformationTennant S. McWilliams is Professor of History and Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UAB, a native Alabamian, and author of The New South Faces the World: Foreign Affairs and the Southern Sense of Self, 1877-1950 and Hannis Taylor: The New Southerner as American. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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