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Mona, Past and Present
Suzanne Francis Brown
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Description for Mona, Past and Present
Paperback. Founded in 1948, the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies is located in Kingston, Jamaica. This publication investigates the historical ruins on the campus, which include the wooden barracks of Gibraltar Camp, which housed during World War II Jewish refugees, Gibraltarian evacuees, and interned Germans and Italians. Num Pages: 72 pages, 65 colour and b&w photographs, 25 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 279 x 7. Weight in Grams: 304.
Founded in 1948, the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies is located in Kingston, Jamaica, and is the largest campus in the unique multi-campus, multi-island university system. Internationally known for its scholarship, the Mona campus is also renowned for its commitment to and preservation of a rich historical legacy. Built on the site of former sugar and slave plantations, the campus has several outstanding historical features which have been partially preserved. This carefully researched and well-written publication investigates the historical ruins on the campus, which include an eighteenth-century aqueduct, an intact bookkeeper's house, a distillery, a boiling ... Read more
Founded in 1948, the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies is located in Kingston, Jamaica, and is the largest campus in the unique multi-campus, multi-island university system. Internationally known for its scholarship, the Mona campus is also renowned for its commitment to and preservation of a rich historical legacy. Built on the site of former sugar and slave plantations, the campus has several outstanding historical features which have been partially preserved. This carefully researched and well-written publication investigates the historical ruins on the campus, which include an eighteenth-century aqueduct, an intact bookkeeper's house, a distillery, a boiling ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Kingston, Jamaica
ISBN
9789766401597
SKU
V9789766401597
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Ref
99-40
About Suzanne Francis Brown
Suzanne Francis Brown is an experienced communications practitioner and author, and teaches part-time at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
Reviews for Mona, Past and Present
With respect for the past as well as vision for the future, the UWI can conserve, analyse and interpret its rich historical store. At Mona, the past is always present. - Suzanne Francis Brown