Orlando West, Soweto: An Illustrated History

by Noor Nieftagodien and Sally Gaule

Book Overview

A history of the famous Orlando township

Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic, the state became determined to better manage the movement of Africans into the urban areas and to place them in properly controlled locations. The promulgation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1868145441
• ISBN13: 9781868145447
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Wits University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 9.4"