Cape Town Book (eBook)

A Guide to the City's History, People and Places

Nechama Brodie (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2015
328 Seiten
Penguin Random House South Africa (Verlag)
978-1-928213-00-0 (ISBN)

Infos

<p>The Cape Town Book presents a fresh picture of the Mother City, one that brings together all its stories. From geology and beaches to forced removals and hip-hop, Nechama Brodie, author of the best-selling The Joburg Book, has delved deeply into the hidden past of Cape Town to emerge with a lucid and compelling account of South Africa&rsquo;s fi rst city, its landscape and its people.<br>The book&rsquo;s 14 chapters trace the origins and expansion of Cape Town &ndash; from the City Bowl to the southern and coastal suburbs, the vast expanse of the Cape Flats and the sprawling northern areas.<br>Offering a nuanced, yet balanced, perspective on Cape Town, the book includes familiar attractions like Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch and the Company&rsquo;s Garden, while also giving a voice to marginalised communities in areas such as Athlone, Langa, Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha.<br>Many of the images in the book have never been published before, and are drawn from the archives of museums, universities and public institutions. This beautifully illustrated, information-rich book is the defi nitive portrait of the wind-blown, contradictory city at the southern tip of Africa that more than three million people call home</p>

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-928213-00-6 / 1928213006
• ISBN-13: 978-1-928213-00-0 / 9781928213000