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Orlando West, Soweto: An Illustrated History

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Description for Orlando West, Soweto: An Illustrated History Paperback. Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 620.
Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic, the state became determined to better manage the movement of Africans into the urban areas and to place them in properly controlled locations. The promulgation of the Native (Urban) Areas Act of 1923 was intended to meet these objectives. The Act was a hybrid piece of legislation. On the one hand, it espoused the principles enunciated by the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
178
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781868145447
SKU
V9781868145447
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99-50

About Unknown
Noor Nieftagodien serves as the Deputy Chair of the History Workshop and is Senior Lecturer in the History Department at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His most recent book is Alexandra: A History, co-authored with Phil Bonner. He serves on the board of the South African History Archives. His primary area of research is on liberation movements and local, ... Read more

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