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.
Foreword by D.J. du Plessis
Foreword by Keith Breckenridge
Acknowledgements
Abbreviation
Part I: Prelude to a University
Chapter 1 False Start: Milner, Beit, and Smuts
Chapter 2 From School of Mines to University
Part II: The New University
Chapter 3 A Turbulent Beginning
Chapter 4 Administration, Finance, and Buildings
Chapter 5 Arts and Science
Chapter 6 The Professional Faculties
Part III: Raikes: The First Decade
Chapter 7 Depression and Recovery
Chapter 8 Ascendancy of the Professions
Part IV: Students and Special Issues
Chapter 9 Questions of Discrimination
Chapter 10 Student Life
A Note on Sources
Index
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WITS: The Early Years von Bruce Murray - mit der ISBN: 9781776148110
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; Wits; centenary; discovery of gold on the reef; early Johannesburg; institutional history; intellectual history; mining and engineering; pioneers of Johannesburg; university history, Online-Buchhandlung
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