| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 329 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 |
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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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Swansea University -- History.
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Swansea University. |
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History. |
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University College of Swansea -- History.
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University College of Swansea. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blaxland, Sam. Swansea University. Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2020] 1786836068 (OCoLC)1135665793 |
| ISBN |
9781786836076 |
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1786836076 |
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1786836084 (electronic book) |
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9781786836083 (electronic book) |
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9781786836069 (hardback) |
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9781786836090 (Mobipocket ebook) |
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1786836092 |
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