African contrasts : the story of a South African people / by R.H.W. Shepherd and B.G. Paver
by Shepherd, Robert Henry Wishart (1888-1971)
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About This Item
Cape Town : Oxford Univ. Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 266 pages illustrations, portraits, maps 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: A viewpoint -- The passing of isolation -- A family of mankind -- The Bantu as they were -- The Bantu of to-day -- A background of black people -- People are not statistics -- Home life in its extremes -- Dead-end jobs -- Sickness of body -- Soundness of soul -- Some popular misunderstandings -- Some great Africans -- The influence of history -- Native administrations -- How we rule the Africans -- In the eyes of the law -- Achievement and failure -- Aspirations and ambitions -- The future. Subjects: Indigenous peoples. South Africa. South Africa Native races. Indigenous peoples South Africa. Bantu-speaking peoples South Africa Social conditions. Bantu-speaking peoples South Africa Economic conditions. Blacks South Africa History. Genre: Illustrated.
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- Title
- African contrasts : the story of a South African people / by R.H.W. Shepherd and B.G. Paver
- Author
- Shepherd, Robert Henry Wishart (1888-1971)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Cape Town : Oxford Univ. Press
- Date Published
- 1947
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