Emergence of the South African Metropolis

Emergence of the South African Metropolis

Cities and Identities in the Twentieth Century

Bickford-Smith, Vivian (University of Cape Town)

Cambridge University Press

05/2016

340

Dura

Inglês

9781107002937

15 a 20 dias

Focusing on South Africa's three main cities - Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban - this book explores South African urban history from the late nineteenth century onwards. This ambitious and pioneering account, spanning more than a century, will be welcomed by scholars and students of African history, urban history, and historical geography.
1. Introduction; 2. Inventing British cities in Africa; 3. More Babylon than Birmingham?; 4. Selling sunlit cities; 5. Bitter cries and black Baudelaires; 6. Remembrance of things past.
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