Author: Paul Herman EmdenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diamond mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Randlords
Author: Paul Herman EmdenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diamond mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The Westminster Review
Author: Truth
Author: The Randlords
Author: Geoffrey WheatcroftPublisher: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
ISBN:
Category : Capitalists and financiers
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Good,No Highlights,No Markup,all pages are intact, Slight Shelfwear,may have the corners slightly dented, may have slight color changes/slightly damaged spine.
William Kentridge
Author: Leora Maltz-LecaPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520290550
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Introduction : on the southern tip of Africa -- Process as metaphor : the metaphorics of erasure -- History as process : theaters of politics and Hegel in Africa -- Process/procession : a process of change -- Drawing up, drawing out : drawing as thinking -- Projection : the most promiscuous of metaphors -- Being contemporary up south : world time and other doubtful enterprises
Collective Violence and the Agrarian Origins of South African Apartheid, 1900-1948
Author: John HigginsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107046483
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
This book examines violence against the rural African population and Africans in general before apartheid became the justification for the existence of the South African state.
Bring Me My Machine Gun
Author: Alec RussellPublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458759709
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Award-winning journalist Alec Russell was in South Africa to witness the fall of apartheid and the remarkable reconciliation of Nelson Mandela's rule; and returned in 2007-2008 to see Mandela's successor, Thabo Mbeki, fritter away the country's reputation. South Africa is now perched on a precipice, as it prepares to elect Jacob Zuma as president - signaling a potential slide back to the bad old days of post-colonial African leadership, and disaster for a country that was once the beacon of the continent. Drawing on his long relationships with all the key senior figures including Mandela, Mbeki, Desmond Tutu, and Zuma, and a host of South Africans he has known over the years - including former activists turned billionaires and reactionary Boers - Alec Russell's Bring Me My Machine Gun is a beautifully told and expertly researched account of South Africa's great tragedy: the tragedy of hope unfulfilled.
F.C.G.'s Froissart's Modern Chronicles 1903-6
Author: Francis Carruthers GouldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Reversing Urban Inequality in Johannesburg
Author: Melissa Tandiwe MyamboPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429842309
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
With the spread of capitalism - a socio-economic system that produces both wealth and poverty simultaneously - the spatial dynamics of the "global(izing)" city are creating more division between social classes, not less. This means that in the 21st-century, large cities around the world exhibit intensifying spatial inequality taking the form of a wealthy, privileged urban core ringed by a periphery of lower-income denizens far removed from the city’s resources and amenities. This trend toward swelling socio-spatial division is especially pronounced in cities purporting to be "global", or in the case of Johannesburg, South Africa’s financial capital, a "world-class African city." Ironically, Johannesburg’s historical legacy of immense spatial inequality thanks to apartheid is the direction in which most "global(izing)" cities such as New York, Cairo, London, Shanghai, New Delhi, Jakarta, Lagos, Berlin, and São Paulo are headed. The globalization of neoliberal urban policy has made the city less welcoming, liveable, accessible and friendly for lower-income city residents. This book asks if Johannesburg can unstitch its complex urban fabric to create a city with more democratic public transport, affordable housing in desirable locations and safe, socially and racially integrated public spaces. These pithy, solidly researched, accessibly written essays are instructive for all those who are interested in questions of spatial justice, urban development, history and planning and the general goal of making cities more livable and accessible for urban dwellers of all income levels.
Strange Death of the Liberal Empire
Author: David E. TorrancePublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773565493
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
David Torrance examines Lord Selborne's conception of empire and, by implication, the nature of British imperialism, focusing on the Chinese labour controversy, the self-government issue, the development of racial segregation, and the creation of the Union of South Africa. He reassesses the role of the imperial factor in shaping the state, economy, and society of twentieth-century South Africa. Behind the debate over imperial policy, Torrance shows, were deep and bitter divisions that were inextricably linked to domestic tensions within Britain itself. The Strange Death of the Liberal Empire provides a clearer understanding of British imperial policy and of a crucial period in South African history.