Khoesan and immigrants: The emergence of colonial society in the cape, 1500–1800

The Cambridge History of South Africa: Volume 1 from Early Times to 1885

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 168-210

  Ross, Robert ^a  

^a Talen en Culturen van Afrika ^*  (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1017/CHOL9780521517942.005     Document Type: Chapter

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