Outcast Cape Town

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About the author

John Western is Professor of Geography at Syracuse University and author of A Passage to England: Barbadian Londoners Speak of Home (1992).

Summary

Social geographer John Western analyzes the urban spatial planning of the 1950 Group Areas Act that achieved, in the built environment of Cape Town, the racial separatism of apartheid. His new prologue for the paperback edition assesses the changes to be expected from the new government and the obstacles to significant change.

Product details

• Authors: John Western, Western John, Western/Coles
• Assisted by: Robert Coles (Editor), John Western (Editor), Robert Coles (Foreword), Coles Robert (Foreword)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1997
• EAN: 9780520207370
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20737-0
• No. of pages: 372
• Illustrations: 35 black-and-white photos, 14 examples of line art, 28 maps.
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Travel & holiday, Republic of South Africa, Social discrimination & inequality, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, African History, Travel and holiday, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), TRAVEL / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies