Wits, the early years: A history of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and its precursors, 1896-1939 By Bruce K Murray

Wits, the early years: A history of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and its precursors, 1896-1939 By Bruce K Murray

Hardcover

ISBN 0854947094

Publisher: Witwatersrand University Press 1982, Scarce

Used - Very Good+. This book is in very good condition. The Dust Jacket has some very limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.

This is a history of the University up to 1939. It examines the University's ancestry, the protracted struggle to establish a university in Johannesburg and the progress of the University in the two decades prior to World War 2. It seeks to depict the quality and texture of life in the early University and the personalities who enlivened it and contributed to its growth.