UID:
almahu_9947414656002882
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 190 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139005050 (ebook)
Content:
Poverty and violence are issues of global importance. In Poverty, War, and Violence in South Africa, Clifton Crais explores the relationship between colonial conquest and the making of South Africa's rural poor. Based on a wealth of archival sources, this detailed history changes our understanding of the origins of the gut-wrenching poverty that characterizes rural areas today. Crais shifts attention away from general models of economic change and focuses on the enduring implications of violence in shaping South Africa's past and present. Crais details the devastation wrought by European forces and their African auxiliaries. Their violence led to wanton bloodshed, large-scale destruction of property, and famine. Crais explores how the survivors struggled to remake their lives, including the adoption of new crops, and the world of inequality and vulnerability colonial violence bequeathed. He concludes with a discussion of contemporary challenges and the threats to democracy in South Africa.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Famished roads -- Maize and markets -- Poverty and plenty -- Politics of land and the crises of the twentieth century.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107013612
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139005050
URL:
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