WITS A History of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and Its Precursors 1896-1939.

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 e...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Murray, Bruce
Autres auteurs: Breckenridge, Keith
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2022.
Collection:Wits Press re/presents.
Sujets:
University of the Witwatersrand > History.
University of the Witwatersrand.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Foreword to this edition
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I: Prelude to a University
  • 1. False Start: Milner, Beit, and Smuts
  • 2. From School of Mines to University
  • Part II: The New University
  • 3. A Turbulent Beginning
  • 4. Administration, Finance, and Buildings
  • 5. Arts and Science
  • 6. The Professional Faculties
  • Part III: Raikes: The First Decade
  • 7. Depression and Recovery
  • 8. Ascendancy of the Professions
  • Part IV: Students and Special Issues
  • 9. Questions of Discrimination
  • 10. Student Life
  • A Note on Sources
  • Index

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