'Land of contrasts' or 'home we have always known'?: The SAR and H and the imaginary geography of White South African nationhood, 1910-1930

Journal of Southern African Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 657-680

  Foster, Jeremy ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NATIONAL IDENTITY; RACE; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; STATE BUILDING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0043032944     PISSN: 03057070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057070306221     Document Type: Article

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