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Things change : Black material culture and the development of a consumer society in South Africa, 1800-2020 / by Robert Ross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Robert, 1949- author.
- Series:
- Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 43.
- Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; volume 43
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--Material culture--South Africa.
- Black people.
- Material culture--South Africa.
- Material culture.
- Economic anthropology--South Africa.
- Economic anthropology.
- South Africa--Commerce--History.
- South Africa.
- South Africa--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 187 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Other Title:
- Black material culture and the development of a consumer society in South Africa, 1800-2020
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
- Contents:
- Pre-colonial trade and the conspicuous : consumption of persons
- The colonial countryside : pots, blankets, and guns
- "White men did not like you to own nice things" : the world of the cities
- "Keeping up with the Kumalos" : the discovery of the African market
- High apartheid and the completion of the transformation
- Epilogue : a consumer society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 21, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ross, Robert, 1949 July 26- Things change
- ISBN:
- 9789004543751
- 9004543759
- Publisher Number:
- 40031927780
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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