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Author:

Bickford-Smith, Vivian, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94034760

Title:

The emergence of the South African metropolis : cities and identities in the twentieth century / Vivian Bickford-Smith, Stellenbosch University and University of Cape Town.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxii, 319 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Urbanization--South Africa--History.
Cities and towns--South Africa--History.
City and town life--South Africa--History.
Sociology, Urban--South Africa.
National characteristics.
Group identity--South Africa.
South Africa--History.--History.
Cities and towns.
City and town life.
Group identity.
National characteristics.
Race relations.
Sociology, Urban.
Urbanization.
South Africa.
Stadt.
Stadtsoziologie.
Südafrika--Kontinent.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Inventing British cities in Africa -- More Babylon than Birmingham? -- Selling sunlit utopias -- Bitter cries and black Baudelaires -- Remembrance of things past: an epilogue.

ISBN:

1107002931
9781107002937

OCLC:

(OCoLC)933386054

LCCN:

2015042448

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)