Hill of thorns: Custom, knowledge and the reclaiming of a lost land in the New South Africa

Development and Change

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 629-649

  James, Deborah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND RECLAMATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034212796     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00170     Document Type: Article

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