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Ekurhuleni : The making of an urban region /
Ekurhuleni: The Making of an Urban Region is the first academic work to provide an historical account and explanation of the development of this extended region to the east of Johannesburg since its origins at the end of the 19th century. From the time of the discovery of gold and coal until the tur...
| Autores principales: | , , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Johannesburg, South Africa :
Wits University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Ekurhuleni: The Making of an Urban Region is the first academic work to provide an historical account and explanation of the development of this extended region to the east of Johannesburg since its origins at the end of the 19th century. From the time of the discovery of gold and coal until the turn of the 21st century, the region comprised a number of distinctive towns, all with their own histories. In 2000, these towns were amalgamated into a single metropolitan area, but, unlike its counterparts across the country, it does not cohere around a single identity. Drawing on a significant body. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (284 pages): illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 9781868145997 |