From colonization to democracy : a new historical geography of South Africa

Author(s)

• Lester, Alan

Bibliographic Information

From colonization to democracy : a new historical geography of South Africa

Alan Lester

I. B. Tauris, 1998

• : pbk

Note

"First published in 1996 by Tauris Academic Studies"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This account of the development of modern South African society seeks to establish the geographical and historical context in which change has taken place. The author describes important historical continuities in South Africa which have shaped present society, including social groupings and their stratification, policital institutions, the patterns of human geography, economic structure, and external links and influences.

Table of Contents

• The foundation of a society
• colonial expansion, industrialization and Afrikanerdom
• the germination of a system
• the formulation of a structure
• adaptations and contradictions
• the reformulation of a structure
• policy and reality
• the changing South Africa state.

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Details

• NCID: BA70954315
• ISBN:
  • 1860641768
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 278 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 968
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : South Africa -- History
  • LCSH : South Africa -- Historical geography