New Lights in the Valley: The Emergence of UAB
"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"