African urbanisation on the rand between the 1930s and 1960s: Its social character and political consequences

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 115-129

  Bonner, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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FIRST-GENERATION IMMIGRANTS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IMMIGRATION EFFECT; MIGRATION; POLITICAL CONTEXT; POLITICAL IMPLICATION; RESIDENTIAL ECOLOGY; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; URBANISATION;

SOUTH AFRICA, WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 0029543324     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: 14653893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057079508708436     Document Type: Article

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