Front Matter

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. A Note on Terminology xiii
6. Setting the Scene 3
7. Colonial Tropes and Traps 39
8. Sketching the Environmental History of Msunduzi to 1939 64
9. The Native Village Debate in Pietermaritzburg, 1848–1925 88
10. “Hide as Much as You Can for the Sake of Good Government”: Women’s Health, Gender, and Local Authority in Edendale, 1930–1958 127
11. KwaPoyinandi and the Racialization of Space to the 1980s 169
12. From “Demented” to “Democracy”: Continuities and Conflict in the Growth Model of Development from the 1970s to the Present 213
13. Notes 253
14. A Note on Sources 279
15. References 283
16. Index 317