The Emergence of the South African Metropolis

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'The Emergence of the South African Metropolis breaks new ground in writing the cultural history of South Africa's major conurbations. It is especially innovative in discussion of the diverse Anglophone communities that dominated the cities in their early years and Bickford-Smith is equally interesting on African urban culture.' William Beinart, University of Oxford 'In this elegant study of how South African cities have been imagined, Bickford-Smith reveals a cacophonous urban landscape of conflict, hope, and possibility not yet overwhelmed by racial ordering.' James R. Brennan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 'A great strength of this book is that it is enriched throughout by a serious consideration of the role of art, literature, poetry, architecture, and cinema in creating and/or mediating this difficult world ... It also provides an enlightening and sophisticated introduction to an important body of history, analysis, and literature for those not in South African or African studies.' Belinda Bozzoli, The American Historical Review '... this work is a real contribution not only to the historical literature on South Africa, but also to that on the modern city. It is an original, incisive and impressively erudite account of the politics of discursive struggles around urbanism and urbanization.' Jonathan Hyslop, Global Urban History