From the Ninevites to the hard livings gang: Township gangsters and urban violence in twentieth‐century South Africa

African Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-85

  Kynoch, Gary ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 23844496063     PISSN: 00020184     EISSN: 14692872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00020189908707905     Document Type: Article

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