Over the past forty years there has been a revolution in South African historiography, yet no broadly interpretative essay on South African history has appeared. The essays in this volume aim to provide such a reinterpretation for the nineteenth century before the discovery of minerals transformed the nature of South African societies, and help to shed light on earlier phases of South Africa's …
This book is a collection of essays examining the impact of industrialization on social change in South Africa between 1870 and 1930. Edited by Shula Marks and Richard Rathbone, it examines the formation of African social classes, cultural developments, and changes in social consciousness resulting from modernization and capitalism. It highlights how economic and political dynamics shaped socia…
Over the past forty years there has been a revolution in South African historiography, yet no broadly interpretative essay on South African history has appeared. The essays in this volume aim to provide such a reinterpretation for the nineteenth century before the discovery of minerals transformed the nature of South African societies, and help to shed light on earlier phases of South Africa's …