Vivian Bickford-Smith

The Emergence of the South African Metropolis

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Produktbeschreibung

A pioneering account of how South Africa's three leading cities were fashioned, experienced, promoted and perceived.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9781107002937
• ISBN-10: 1107002931
• Artikelnr.: 44273145

Autorenporträt

Vivian Bickford-Smith is Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Visiting Fellow in the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Inventing British cities in Africa
3. More Babylon than Birmingham?
4. Selling sunlit cities
5. Bitter cries and black Baudelaires
6. Remembrance of things past.