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Author Blaxland, Sam, author

Title Swansea University : campus and community in a post-war world, 1945-2020 / Sam Blaxland
Published Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 329 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Note on terms and place-names -- Note on oral history interviews -- Introduction -- Chapter One: 'Communities of learning': Intellectual and economic reconstruction, 1945-1956 -- Chapter Two: 'A quiet revolution': Campus and community life, 1947-1964 -- Chapter Three: 'How in hell can we cool them down?' Politics and protest, 1964-1973 -- Chapter Four: 'DON'T BE SO COMPLACENT!' Crisis and cutbacks, 1973-1988
Chapter Five: 'Change with the times': Marketisation and commercialisation, 1988-2020 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- Index -- Back Cover
Summary Swansea University: Campus and Community explores the dramatic ways in which British universities have changed since 1945. It takes Swansea University as its case study to discuss academic developments, the changing behaviour of young people, and how universities form relationships with their local communities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Swansea University -- History
University College of Swansea -- History
SUBJECT Swansea University fast
University College of Swansea fast
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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