From Colonization to Democracy
A New Historical Geography of South Africa
Published on 31. December 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
294 pages
978-1-86064-176-3 (ISBN)
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.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-176-3 (9781860641763)
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12/1998
1st Edition
I.B. Tauris
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12/1998
1st Edition
I.B. Tauris
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Person
Alan Lester is Lecturer in Geography at St. Mary's University College, University of Surrey. He has researched and taught extensively in South Africa.
Content
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.