Technology and ecology in the Karoo: A century of windmills, wire and changing farming practice

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 675-696

  Archer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034456610     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057070020008224     Document Type: Article

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