Description
A pioneering account of how South Africa's three leading cities were fashioned, experienced, promoted and perceived.
About the Author
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.
Reviews
'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
Book Information
ISBN 9781107002937
Author Vivian Bickford-Smith
Format Hardback
Page Count 340
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 670g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 20mm