Author: Vivian Bickford-SmithPublisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864863843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Cape Town in the Twentieth Century
Author: Vivian Bickford-SmithPublisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864863843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Cape Town
Author: Nigel WordenPublisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9780864866561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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.
Cape Town: A Place Between
Author: Henry TrotterPublisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1946395285
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
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.
Twentieth-Century South Africa
Author: William BeinartPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 019160674X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
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.
Cape Town: an Illustrated Social History
Author: Vivian Bickford-SmithPublisher: David Philip Publishers
ISBN: 9780864863096
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
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.
Twentieth-Century South Africa
Author: William BeinartPublisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 0192893181
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
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.
The Emergence of the South African Metropolis
Author: Vivian Bickford-SmithPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107002931
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
A pioneering account of how South Africa's three leading cities were fashioned, experienced, promoted and perceived.
Continuity and Change in Coloured Identity in Twentieth Century Cape Town
Author: Mohamed AdhikariTwentieth-Century South Africa
Author: Bill FreundPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108427405
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This unique history highlights South Africa's complex and dynamic attempt to build a developmental state; an attempt that ultimately faltered.
The Emergence of the South African Metropolis
Author: Vivian Bickford-SmithPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316558576
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
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.