The historical development of the apartheid local state in South Africa: The case of Durban

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 587-600

  Maharaj, Bru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; HISTORICAL STUDY; LOCAL STATE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POWER RELATIONS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN POLITICS; WHITE ELECTORATE;

SOUTH AFRICA, KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE;

EID: 0030434672     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.1996.tb00337.x     Document Type: Review

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