Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- The Social History Project
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Map of Alexandra
- Introduction
- Chapter One Settling on Alexandra
- Chapter Two ‘Nobody's Baby’
- Chapter Three The Fight for Survival in Alexandra, 1938–45
- Chapter Four The Inner Life of Alexandra, 1938–47
- Chapter Five Reaping the Whirlwind, 1948–58
- Chapter Six Political Culture in Alexandra, 1948–60
- Chapter Seven Taking Time off in Alexandra
- Chapter Eight The Perils of Peri-Urban: Permits, Protests and Removals, 1958–75
- Chapter Nine Student Uprising and Reprieve
- Chapter Ten From Reprieve to Civic Crisis
- Chapter Eleven Mzabalazo! Struggle for People's P
- Chapter Twelve Fighting for the Hearts and Minds of Alex
- Chapter Thirteen From Defiance to Governance
- Chapter Fourteen Civil War
- Chapter Fifteen The Promise of Democracy, 1994–2008
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Map of Alexandra
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- The Social History Project
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Map of Alexandra
- Introduction
- Chapter One Settling on Alexandra
- Chapter Two ‘Nobody's Baby’
- Chapter Three The Fight for Survival in Alexandra, 1938–45
- Chapter Four The Inner Life of Alexandra, 1938–47
- Chapter Five Reaping the Whirlwind, 1948–58
- Chapter Six Political Culture in Alexandra, 1948–60
- Chapter Seven Taking Time off in Alexandra
- Chapter Eight The Perils of Peri-Urban: Permits, Protests and Removals, 1958–75
- Chapter Nine Student Uprising and Reprieve
- Chapter Ten From Reprieve to Civic Crisis
- Chapter Eleven Mzabalazo! Struggle for People's P
- Chapter Twelve Fighting for the Hearts and Minds of Alex
- Chapter Thirteen From Defiance to Governance
- Chapter Fourteen Civil War
- Chapter Fifteen The Promise of Democracy, 1994–2008
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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- AlexandraA History, pp. xviiiPublisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2009