UMass Boston at 50: A Fiftieth Anniversary History of the University of Massachusetts Boston

by Michael Feldberg

The social upheaval of the 1960s ushered in lasting change across the country, prompted, in part, by major civil rights and anti-poverty legislation, a record number of students seeking college degrees, and the expansion of land-grant public universities into urban centers. Guided by an idealism and ambition characteristic of the time, the University of Massachusetts Boston held its first classes in 1965. In a city that prided itself on being the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625341695
• ISBN13: 9781625341693
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Boston
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.9" x 11.0"