Cape Town in the Twentieth Century
Author | : Vivian Bickford-Smith |
Publisher | : New Africa Books |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780864863843 |
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Author | : Vivian Bickford-Smith |
Publisher | : New Africa Books |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780864863843 |
Author | : William Beinart |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2001-10-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019160674X |
An innovative examination of the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped twentieth-century South Africa. This book provides a stimulating introduction to the history of South Africa in the twentieth century. It draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on that country and, to a greater extent than previous accounts, weaves economic and cultural history into the political narrative. Apartheid and industrialization, especially mining, are central theme, as is the rise of nationalism in the Afrikaner and African communities. But the author also emphasizes the neglected significance of rural experiences and local identities in shaping political consciousness. The roles played by such key figure as Smuts, Verwoerd, de Klerk, Plaatje, and Mandela are explored, while recent historiographical trends are reflected in analyses of rural protest, white cultural politics, the vitality of black urban life, and environmental decay. The book assesses the analysis of black reactions to apartheid, the rise of the ANC. The concluding chapter brings this seminal history up-to-date, tackling the issues and events from 1994-1999 - in particular the success of Mandela and the ANC in seeing through the end of apartheid rule. It also looks at the chances of a stable future for the new-found democracy in South Africa.
Author | : Nigel Worden |
Publisher | : New Africa Books |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780864866561 |
This richly illustrated history of Cape Town under Dutch and British rule tells the story of its residents, the world they inhabited and the city they made - beginning in the seventeenth century with the tiny Dutch settlement, hemmed in by mountains and looking out to sea, and ending with the well-established British colonial city, poised confidently on the threshold of the twentieth century. This social history of Cape Town under Dutch and British rule traces the changing character of the city and portrays the varied lives and experiences of its inhabitants e" black and white, rich and poor, slave and free, Christian and Muslim. The story told in these pages is both immensely readable and endlessly interesting, and is sure to remain for long the definitive history of the city. The volume is illustrated throughout with a wealth of paintings, maps and photographs. The book is written for the general reader as well as academics.
Author | : Henry Trotter |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | : 107 |
Release | : 2020-01-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1946395285 |
Cape Town is a place between two oceans, between first and third worlds, between east and west. The majority of its citizens: a people between black and white, native and settler, African and European. How can we understand a city that is most assuredly in Africa, though not””seemingly””of it? By exploring this city’s tween-ness, we can begin to understand the soul of this town””haunted by its past, unsure of its future. A short book just over 100 pages, it allows readers to quickly identify the unique pulse of the city, its throbbing historical, social, cultural and political beat that underlies the transactions between all Capetonians. This is not a substitute for a traditional guidebook, but a perfect companion to one, filling in the intimate details that other books leave out.
Author | : Vivian Bickford-Smith |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2016-05-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107002931 |
A pioneering account of how South Africa's three leading cities were fashioned, experienced, promoted and perceived.
Author | : William Beinart |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2001-10-04 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0192893181 |
The book concludes with an analysis of black reactions to apartheid, the rise of the ANC, and an assessment of the chances of a stable political future for a post-apartheid South Africa.
Author | : Vivian Bickford-Smith |
Publisher | : David Philip Publishers |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780864863096 |
This richly illustrated history of Cape Town under Dutch and British rule tells the story of its residents, the world they inhabited and the city they made - beginning in the seventeenth century with the tiny Dutch settlement, hemmed in by mountains and looking out to sea, and ending with the well-established British colonial city, poised confidently on the threshold of the twentieth century.This social history of Cape Town under Dutch and British rule traces the changing character of the city and portrays the varied lives and experiences of its inhabitants black and white, rich and poor, slave and free, Christian and Muslim. The story told in these pages is both immensely readable and endlessly interesting, and is sure to remain for long the definitive history of the city. The volume is illustrated throughout with a wealth of paintings, maps and photographs. The book is written for the general reader as well as academics.
Author | : Bill Freund |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2018-10-25 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1108427405 |
This unique history highlights South Africa's complex and dynamic attempt to build a developmental state; an attempt that ultimately faltered.
Author | : Mohamed Adhikari |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 21 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Vivian Bickford-Smith |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2016-05-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1316558576 |
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. In particular, it examines the metropolitan perceptions and experiences of both black and white South Africans, as well as those of visitors, especially visitors from Britain and North America. Drawing on a rich array of city histories, travel writing, novels, films, newspapers, radio and television programs, and oral histories, Vivian Bickford-Smith focuses on the consequences of the depictions of the South African metropolis and the 'slums' they contained, and especially on how senses of urban belonging and geography helped create and reinforce South African ethnicities and nationalisms. 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.