Main entry:

Beavon, Keith Sidney Orrock.

Title & Author:

Johannesburg : the making and shaping of the city / Keith Beavon.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Pretoria : University of South Africa Press ; Leiden, Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill, ©2004.

Description:

xix, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Imagined South Africa

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-360) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Foundation years : from mining camp to major city 1886-1900 -- 3. White consolidation and 'temporary black sojourners' : the 'sanitation' phase 1900-1940 -- 4. Separation in the veld : the making and character of Soweto 1940-1976 -- 5. Upward and outward expansion of the white city and the apartheid era : 1948-1976 -- 6. In the political whirlwind : Johannesburg and Soweto 1976-1990 -- 7. New Johannesburg, 1991-2003 : a city in flux -- App. Geology of the Witwatersrand and the origin of the gold.

Summary:

Brings together the material that reveals the unfolding geography of Johannesburg, South Africa. This book describes the history of the city from its days as a mining camp to its position of premier metropolis in Africa.

ISBN:

1868883035 (pbk.)
9781868883035 (pbk.)

Subject:

Geology South Africa Johannesburg.
Gold mines and mining South Africa Johannesburg.
City planning South Africa Johannesburg History.
Géologie Afrique du Sud Johannesburg.
Or Mines et extraction Afrique du Sud Johannesburg.
City planning
Commerce
Geology
Gold mines and mining
Social conditions
City planning South Africa Johannesburg.
Johannesburg (South Africa) History.
Johannesburg Metropolitan Area (South Africa) Commerce Maps.
Johannesburg (South Africa) Social conditions.
South Africa Johannesburg
South Africa Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
Johannesburg

Form/genre:

History
Maps
Cartes géographiques.

Added entries:

Imagined South Africa.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317464
Call No.: 317464
Copy: 1
Status: Available