Poverty, war, and violence in South Africa / / Clifton Crais [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Crais Clifton C.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 190 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 968
• Soggetto topico: Land settlement - South Africa - History; Violence - South Africa - History; Economic development - South Africa; Rural poor - South Africa - History
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa History; South Africa Colonization
• Classificazione: HIS001000
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Famished roads -- Maize and markets -- Poverty and plenty -- Politics of land and the crises of the twentieth century.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Poverty, War, & Violence in South Africa
• Titolo autorizzato: Poverty, war, and violence in South Africa
• ISBN: 1-107-22958-8; 1-139-15309-9; 1-283-34118-2; 9786613341181; 1-139-16067-2; 1-139-00505-7; 1-139-16167-9; 1-139-15610-1; 1-139-15786-8; 1-139-15962-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817640803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II