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WITS, the open Years: A History of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1939-1959
by Murray, Bruce K
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1868143198
- ISBN 13
- 9781868143191
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About This Item
Witwatersrand University Press, Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 900 g; XVI, 432 pages, last five pages blank, includes notes to chapters, and index. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Photographic illustrated dust jacket. Slight handling marks to the front edge of the text block. "In the period between the outbreak of World War II in 1939 and the enactment of University apartheid by the Nationalist Government in 1959,, the University of Witwatersrand developed as an "open University", admitting students of all races. This, the second volume of the history of Wits, has as its central theme the process by which Wits became "open," the compromises this process entailed, and the defence the University mounted to preserve its "open" status in the face of the challenge posed by the Nationalist Government." -- front fold over blurb Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Education; South Africa; Reference; ISBN: 1868143198. ISBN/EAN: 9781868143191. Inventory No: 0219193. . 9781868143191
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- WITS, the open Years: A History of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1939-1959
- Author
- Murray, Bruce K
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1868143198
- ISBN 13
- 9781868143191
- Publisher
- Witwatersrand University Press
- Place of Publication
- Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- BZDB2 education, South Africa, world war II Education; South Africa; Reference; Various Unbranded ISBN: 1868143198 EAN: 9781868143191 Murray, Bruce K. WITS, the open Years: A History of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1939-1959
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- Education; South Africa; Reference;
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