Outcast Cape Town

By John Western

Book Overview

Social geographer John Western analyzes the urban spatial planning of the 1950 Group Areas Act that achieved, in the built environment of Cape Town, the racial separatism of apartheid. His new prologue for the paperback edition assesses the changes to be expected from the new government and the obstacles to significant change.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816610258
• ISBN13: 9780816610259
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Brilliant History & Analysis of A Tragically Divided City.

South African Apartheid remains alive and well, as this study of brutal resettlement programs illustrates. Nelson Mandela's failure to protect the human and civil rights defenseless Cape Town minorities is nothing short of criminal. Author's focus is primarily on "Cape Coloureds", people of mixed race. Written from the unique perspective of a British social geographer, now on the faculty of a major American university.