Author

Contributions

  • Watts, Hilstan Lett, 1929- - Contributor
  • Davies, Ronald. - Contributor

Publication

1958 - J. Cape, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

63,500 words, Guess

Page Count

254 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC309.1684
  • LCCHD7374.D8 K8 1958

Description

This book is about Durban as a fascinating city. It provides a scholar's background to the situation brought about by the application of the Group Areas Act to Durban. It is the joint work of Professor Leo Kuper, Professor of Sociology at the University of Natal, Mr Hilstan Watts, and Mr Ronald Davies. No one is better fitted than Professor Kuper to guide such a study, for he combines the objectivity of the scholar with a warm-hearted feeling for the city and its people. The authors have given a careful description of the city as it is, racially and topographically, and have indicated the lines which the final proclamations will almost certainly follow. Even those who are strangers to Durban and South Africa will be able to grasp the drastic nature of the proposals, and to realize the vast scope and intention of the Group Areas Act.

Subjects

Topics

BlacksBlack peopleSocial conditionsDiscrimination in housingBlacks -- South Africa -- Durban.Durban (South Africa) -- Social conditions.Discrimination in housing -- South Africa -- Durban.

Other Editions

  • Durban: a study in racial ecologyJ. Cape1958-01-01

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