A South African Domesday book: The first Union census of 1911

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-34

  Christopher, Anthony J ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Census; South Africa; State formation; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STATE BUILDING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954852528     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2010.483882     Document Type: Article

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