Wits: The Early Years: A History of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and Its Precursors 1896-1939
A History of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and Its Precursors 1896-1939
- Editore:
WITS UNIV PR
- EAN:
9781776148080
- ISBN:
1776148088
- Pagine:
- 412
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Wits: The Early Years: A History of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and Its Precursors 1896-1939
WITS: The Early Years is a history of the University up to 1939. First established in 1922, the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg developed out of the South African School of Mines in Kimberley circa 1896. Examining the historical foundations, the struggle to establish a university in Johannesburg, and the progress of the University in the two decades prior to World War II, historian Bruce Murray captures the quality and texture of life in the early years of Wits University and the personalities who enlivened it and contributed to its growth. >This edition of WITS: The Early Years is republished in the University's centenary year with a preface by Keith Breckenridge, who writes, 'In the republication of Murray's two volume history of Wits, readers have an opportunity to explore the often dramatic and contested story of this university ... Murray produced an intimate, almost scandalous intellectual history of the institution that served as his home for practically half a century.'
