Format:
1 online resource (xxi, 389 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781776148103
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9781776148080
Series Statement:
Wits Press re/presents
Content:
〈i〉WITS: The Early Years〈/i〉 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. 〈brParticular attention is given to the wider issues and the challenges which faced Wits in its formative years. The book examines the role Wits came to occupy as a major centre of liberal thought and criticism in South Africa, its contribution to the development of the professions of the country, the relationship of its research to the wider society, and its attempts to grapple with a range of peculiarly South African problems, such as the admission of black students to the University and the relations of English- and Afrikaans-speaking white students within it.This edition of 〈i〉WITS: The Early Years〈/i〉 is republished in the University's centenary year with a preface by Keith Breckenridge.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2023)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781776148080
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781776148080
Language:
English
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