Johannesburg's 1936 empire exhibition: Interaction, segregation and modernity in a South African city

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 759-789

  Robinson, Jennifer ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IMPERIALISM; RACIAL SEGREGATION; URBAN HISTORY;

GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0042532022     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057070306215     Document Type: Article

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