One hundred years of separation : The historical ecology of a south African 'coloured reserve'

Africa

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-222

  Rohde, R F ^a   Hoffman, M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DRYLAND FARMING; FALLOW; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; POLITICAL CHANGE; PRIVATE LAND; RANGELAND; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AFRICA; NAMAQUALAND; NORTHERN CAPE; PAULSHOEK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44649088276     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E0001972008000132     Document Type: Article

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