Barclay's Bank D.C.O.

South Africa. An Economic Survey.

Barclay's Bank D.C.O. London September 1969. 114pp softcover. illustrated b/w photos, tables. Faded aroud spine else a VG copy.

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Book number: 8198

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: economics bank south africa barclays

Bates, Robert H.

Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa. African Studies Series 38.

Cambridge University Press 1983. Chocolate cloth boards. 178pp 8vo. Ownership label ffep. VG condition in dustwrapper (general wear, no major loss, chips, or tears). contents unmarked. ISBN: 052124563X Recognising the central importance of rural Africa this addresses the classic questions in African studies. What were the sources of order in pre-colonial societies without states? What were the origins of traditional states in Africa? In the colonial period what caused the divergent patterns of agricultural development? What were the issues driving the peasant rebellions that ended colonial rule? Since independence, what has been the fate of the African peasantry? What has been the content of agricultural policies adopted by post-colonial governments in Africa, and how can these policies be accounted for?

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Book number: 24393

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: africa african politics agriculture peasantry

Beckett, Samuel.

Waiting for Godot.

Faber 2010 91pp paperback. A Fine copy. ISBN: 9780571244591

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Book number: 29230

Catalogue: Unclassified

Beinart, William.

Twentieth Century South Africa.

Oxford University Press 2001 2nd edition. 414pp paperback. A very clean copy, VG+ condition. ISBN: 9780192893185 A very readable account. The new edition includes much additional material over earlier editions.

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Book number: 27196

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: south southern africa african history politics

Benso / RAU.

The Independent Venda.

Benso. Pretoria 1979. 197pp. illustrated colour photos. tables & graphs, foldout-map at rear. VG+ in rubbed dustwrapper (no loss or tears). ISBN: 0909063176 All you need to know about the old Venda: population statistics, labour, health, agriculture, etc.

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Book number: 8086

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: apartheid politics venda homeland south africa

Brand, R.H. (Hon).

The Union of South Africa.

Clarendon Press. Oxford 1909 1st edition. Gilt on red cloth boards. 192pp 8vo 0.4kg. Insect depredations especially to spine. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. A Good sound copy with excellent contents. Author was Secretary to the Transvaal delegates at the South African National Convention. Includes the 1909 South African Act which formed the Union of South Africa and was South Africa's constitution between 1910 and 1961. This came into being on 31st May 2010 and was only superseded when the Union changed to a Republic in 1961.

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Book number: 28746

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: africa african south southern sand river convention

Burman, Jose.

1652 and So Forth.

Human & Rousseau. Cape Town 1973. Blue cloth boards. 234pp illustrated line drawings. 4to indexed. Eps lightly browned, a little shelfwear, else VG+ in dustwrapper (spine faded, minor wear, no tears or loss,). ISBN: 0798103337 Inscribed ffep thus: "Colin & Sheila, With best regards for 1974 and so forth, Jose" and signed on title page "Jose Burman". A collection of 36 humorously told incidents in South African history, little gems hidden away behind the major events. Many of these individual essays were originally published in Personality magazine. Cartoon chapter heading illustrations by Jackson.

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Book number: 10166

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: signed inscribed history south southern africa african

Callinicos, Luli.

A People's History of South Africa. Volume 1. Gold and Workers. 1886-1924.

Ravan. Johannesburg 1990 5th imp. 112pp 4to p/b. illustrated b/w photos etc. No inscription. VG+ condition. ISBN: 0869751190 An alternative history challenging the Eurocentric view of events.

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Book number: 14674

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: trade unions mining labour south southern africa african apartheid

Church, R.J. Harrison., Clarke, John I., Clarke, P.J.H., & Henderson, H.J.R.

Africa and the Islands. Geographies. An Intermediate Series.

Longmans. London 1964 1st edition. Red cloth boards. xiv + 494pp illus b/w photos. maps. etc. 8vo indexed. Large inscrip ffep (To Prof. Rennie) o/w VG+ in G+ pc.d/w chiped at the head and tail of spine. An introductory survey is followed by regional studies, concluding with a chapter on social, political, and economic trends.

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Book number: 10373

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: geography africa african

Conolly, Denis.

Conolly's Guide to Southern Africa.

Conolly. Scottsburg 1990 5th edition Printed boards. 432pp. profusely Illustrated, coloured roadmaps, etc. indexed. large 8vo.1.2kg. Fine. ISBN: 9780620171465 Covers RSA, Lesotho, Swaziland, & Botswana. Guides to trails, hotels, and caravan parks. Excellent maps of the sort we used to have before Google took over.

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Book number: 7661

Catalogue: Unclassified

Cory, G.E.

The Rise of South Africa. A History of the Origin of South African Colonisation and of Its Development Towards the East from the Earliest Times to 1857. Vols 1 to 6.

Struik. Cape Town 1965. Facsimile reprint of the Longmans Green edition published in the years 1910, 1913, 1919, 1926, 1930, & 1940. 6 volumes. 8vo. gilt title on green skivertex boards with blind-stamped device to front. No inscriptions. light foxing here & there, top edges affected, else conservatively in VG condition. A nice clean attractive set with excellent shelf appearance. (the 6 volumes are a nice dark olive green with bright gilt lettering - as usual for this set).

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Book number: 22792

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: history south southern africa african eastern cape sir george cory

Cory, G.E.

The Rise of South Africa. Volume 3. From 1834 to 1838.

Struik 1965. Facsimile reprint of the 1919 Longman Green edition. Green skivertex boards. 447pp illustrated 8vo. Eps & edges tanned else a VG copy. map at rear clean with no tears.(this volume is a nice dark olive green with bright gilt lettering - as usual for this set). Subtitled "A History Of The Origin Of South African Colonisation And Of Its Development Towards The East From The Earliest Times To 1857".

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Book number: 23616

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: history south southern africa african eastern cape grahamstown

Cory, G.E.

The Rise of South Africa. Volume 1. From the Earliest Times to the Year 1820.

"In Four Volumes". Vol. 1. Longmans Green & Co. London 1910. Gilt title on blue cloth boards. 420pp illustrated 8vo. foldout map of the Cape Colony to 1820. 1.2kg. A worn copy, spine ends frayed to card, insect attack to map fold. a sound and clean reading copy. "A History Of The Origin Of South African Colonisation And Of Its Development Towards The East From The Earliest Times To 1857". This first volume of the earlier 4-volume edition of Cory's work deals extensively with the history of the Eastern Cape. Starts with a brief introductory on the earlier history of the Cape leading up to the establishment of Graaff Reinet in 1786 from which date the Eastern Province is considered to have had official existence. Cory deals with subsequent events in the large drostdy that this covered in detail, including unrest in and around Graaff Reinet, Slagter's Nek, and The Battle Of Grahamstown.

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Book number: 27514

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: history south southern africa african eastern cape graaff reinet grahamstown battle of grahamstown slagters nek uitenhage algoa bay fort frederick colenol john graham bethelsdorp baviaans river debe nek battle of amalinde amatola basin lord charles somers

Davenport, T.R.H.

South Africa. A Modern History.

Macmillan. Johannesburg 1981 2nd edn. Printed wraps. xv + 432pp illus b/w photos, cartoons, maps. 8vo indexed. No inscrip. has a 'set' but a clean sound copy. ISBN: 0869540289 Covering from the late stone age through to 1977, with the emphasis on the 20th century. A good standard history.

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Book number: 20630

Catalogue: History (Africa, Unclassified)

Keywords: history south southern africa african

Didion, Joan.

Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

Farrar, Strauss, Giroux 2008 238pp paperback. A Fine unmarked copy. ISBN: 9780374531386

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Book number: 28561

Catalogue: Unclassified