Cape Town In The Twentieth Century
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Author |
: Vivian Bickford-Smith |
Publisher |
: New Africa Books |
Total Pages |
: 202 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0864863845 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780864863843 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cape Town in the Twentieth Century by : Vivian Bickford-Smith
Author |
: William Beinart |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 432 |
Release |
: 2001-10-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191606748 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019160674X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Twentieth-Century South Africa by : William Beinart
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.
Author |
: Henry Trotter |
Publisher |
: Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages |
: 107 |
Release |
: 2020-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781946395283 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1946395285 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cape Town: A Place Between by : Henry Trotter
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.
Author |
: Nigel Worden |
Publisher |
: New Africa Books |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0864866569 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780864866561 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cape Town by : Nigel Worden
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.
Author |
: Bill Freund |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 271 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108427401 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108427405 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Twentieth-Century South Africa by : Bill Freund
This unique history highlights South Africa's complex and dynamic attempt to build a developmental state; an attempt that ultimately faltered.
Author |
: Denis Martin |
Publisher |
: African Minds |
Total Pages |
: 471 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781920489823 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1920489827 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sounding the Cape by : Denis Martin
For several centuries Cape Town has accommodated a great variety of musical genres which have usually been associated with specific population groups living in and around the city. Musical styles and genres produced in Cape Town have therefore been assigned an "identity" which is first and foremost social. This volume tries to question the relationship established between musical styles and genres, and social - in this case pseudo-racial - identities. In Sounding the Cape, Denis-Constant Martin recomposes and examines through the theoretical prism of creolisation the history of music in Cape Town, deploying analytical tools borrowed from the most recent studies of identity configurations. He demonstrates that musical creation in the Mother City, and in South Africa, has always been nurtured by contacts, exchanges and innovations whatever the efforts made by racist powers to separate and divide people according to their origin. Musicians interviewed at the dawn of the 21st century confirm that mixture and blending characterise all Cape Town's musics. They also emphasise the importance of a rhythmic pattern particular to Cape Town, the ghoema beat, whose origins are obviously mixed. The study of music demonstrates that the history of Cape Town, and of South Africa as a whole, undeniably fostered creole societies. Yet, twenty years after the collapse of apartheid, these societies are still divided along lines that combine economic factors and "racial" categorisations. Martin concludes that, were music given a greater importance in educational and cultural policies, it could contribute to fighting these divisions and promote the notion of a nation that, in spite of the violence of racism and apartheid, has managed to invent a unique common culture.
Author |
: Vivian Bickford-Smith |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 345 |
Release |
: 2016-05-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107002937 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107002931 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Emergence of the South African Metropolis by : Vivian Bickford-Smith
A pioneering account of how South Africa's three leading cities were fashioned, experienced, promoted and perceived.
Author |
: William Beinart |
Publisher |
: Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages |
: 433 |
Release |
: 2001-10-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192893185 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192893181 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Twentieth-Century South Africa by : William Beinart
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.
Author |
: Vivian Bickford-Smith |
Publisher |
: David Philip Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2014-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0864863098 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780864863096 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cape Town: an Illustrated Social History by : Vivian Bickford-Smith
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.
Author |
: Mohamed Adhikari |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 21 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:870095613 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Continuity and Change in Coloured Identity in Twentieth Century Cape Town by : Mohamed Adhikari