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This book is suitable for ages 9 to 14 years. This fascinating book takes a look at the interesting mix of people and cultures that make up South Africa today. A special section focuses on traditional African beliefs and healing. ... Read more

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This book is suitable for ages 9 to 14 years. You can learn about the daily lives and family traditions of the people who have lived in this land for thousands of years. Breathtaking photos create intimate portraits of life in both the village and the big city. ... Read more

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Now in an extensively revised and expanded second edition, this authoritative text provides a broad introduction to the geography of this rapidly changing region. Exploring contemporary issues without losing sight of their historical roots, the volume analyzes the sociocultural, political, economic, and environmental processes that shape resource use and development in Africa south of the Sahara. Students gain a balanced view of the continent's trials and triumphs-from postcolonial political strife and the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS to current progress toward democratization and sustainable growth.

The Second Edition
Updated throughout and featuring extensive new material, the second edition includes expanded coverage of physical geography and new chapters on water resources, the social geography of African children, and Western perceptions of the continent. The latest available data is reflected in numerous maps, tables, and figures; new and revised case studies; and helpful resource listings, now with key websites.
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Interesting and easy read
Really liked this book. Stock is talking about most of the different sides of Africa. And he is easy to read.
This book was defenetly worth a read through

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It was fairly good service.It would have been better if I there was an alternative shipping method.There was one method and that took a while for it to come, but overall the product was in good shape and I am a satisified customer. ... Read more

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This book debates the emergent proprieties of rural and peri-urban South Africa since land and agrarian reforms were initiated after the transition to democracy in 1994. It explores how these reforms have broadened options for the use of land and natural resources. Reform-minded policies in South Africa have assumed that if access to land and other natural resources is less problematic, the use of these resources would be intensified which in turn would alter the structure and dynamic of rural and urban poverty. Reforming Land and Resource Use in South Africa examines in detail, and from several disciplinary perspectives, whether and how this has occurred, and if not, why not.

A key argument that this collection pursues is whether land reform has resulted in transformed use of natural (i.e. land, crops, cattle, rangeland, wild products etc.) and other strategic resources (labour, knowledge, institutions, networks etc.), and the value communities and household place on them. The contributions explore a combination of new or alternative meanings of land, including a look beyond crops and cattle per se to include the collection and selling of wild products, as well as a discussion of how land for agriculture has become redefined by land reform beneficiaries as urban land, for settlement and urban employment opportunities, in addition to urban-based agricultural activities.

Unlike most analyses and commentaries on land reform, this book pursues an analysis of land reform dynamics at various levels of aggregation. National and regional level analyses of poverty and the ramifications of the property clause are combined with analyses at disaggregate levels such as the land reform project or village. The book will be of interest to both researchers and policy makers with an interest in rural development and social change.

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A series designed to model the new KS3 Programme of Study for Geography and support curriculum initiatives. It focuses on real places, real spaces and real enquiries, with topics relevant to young people. ... Read more

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This atlast presents a comprehensive introduction and detailed analysis of segregation in South Africa as enforced by the National Party Government of 1948-1994 and the transitions which have occurred since then. Presenting the policy and its impact in visual and spatial forms, this unique work also illustrates the various levels of operation within the policy and the wider implications for it, globally as well as nationally. ... Read more

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Soils of South Africa is the first book in seventy years that provides a comprehensive account of South African soils. The book arranges more than seventy soil forms into fourteen groups and then provides, for each group: • maps showing their distribution and abundance throughout South Africa • descriptions of morphological, chemical and physical properties • a detailed account of classification and its correlation with international systems • a discussion of soil genesis which includes a review of relevant research papers • appraisal of soil quality from a land use perspective as well as for its ecological significance • illustrative examples of soil profiles with analytical data and accompanying interpretations. There is also a fascinating account of the special relationship that exists between South African animals and soil environments. Soils of South Africa should interest students and researchers in the earth, environmental and biological sciences, as well as environmental practitioners, farmers, foresters and civil engineers. ... Read more

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Entertaining, authoritative, overflowingwith gorgeous graphics and cutting-edge maps, this innovative series brings history to life through word and imageand tells each continents story from the perspective of its peopleThe Macmillan Continental History Atlases form a major series of five distinguished illustrated history books for the popular and student audiences.Each book stands on its own to present a clear, visually exciting, and comprehensive history of a continent through colorful maps, lively text, and illustrations prepared by leading cartographers and specialists in its history.As a group, the five volumes convey a unique and innovative understanding of world history.The series provides the first truly focused continental perspective on history.The books have been created to give popular history readers and students alike accurate and unbiased information written from the point of view of each continent (rather than from an exclusively Western European or colonial perspective).Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America are each described in 80,000 words of text, 50 color maps, and 70 illustrations and photographs.Each spread within a volume covers in detail a single topic in the historical development of that continent.Together, the spreads make up a complete historical background of the major events that shaped the continents past and present.Readers interested in a specific continent will find in each book an authoritative, absorbing, beautifully illustrated overview of that continents history.For readers interested in world history, the five volumes make up an invaluable resource for a full understanding of how the worlds jigsaw fits together.Africa is the continent from which humanity emerged a million or more years ago and which may yet teach today-s diverse humans the art of living together in tolerance.Dr. Samuel Kasule of Makere University, Kampala, Uganda, and Leeds University, UK, now teaches post-colonial literature and is a principal researcher for the Center for Study of State and Identity at the University of Derby. Amazon.com Review
Samuel Kasule, a professor of African literature, offers awide-ranging view of African history in this heavily illustrated yetslender atlas. Proceeding chronologically, he covers topics such asthe origins of humankind, the development of settled agriculture inthe valley of the Nile, and the arrival of the first Europeancolonists. Although the atlas covers African history after World WarII rather too lightly, it is a useful student reference, nonetheless. ... Read more

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Not as good as I hoped
I needed a good African reference and picked this one up when I saw it. I am sorry I did. The maps are not as good as I thought. One map was marked "European Reconnaisance" when it should have been titled "European EXPLORATION." It only discussed post-colonial conflicts in other, later chapters which made it sound as if these had to do with ousting the Europeans (one map regarding this is particularly deceptive) but worst of all it jumps from decolonization to the end of Apartheid with nothing in between. No maps showing coups or the length of dictatorships within Africa. No maps showing post-colonial civil wars. And no maps showing famine and disease as a result of post-colonial policies.

I would hold out for a better book.

Hoped for more ,got less!
I got this atlas thinking it was going to be like the atlas I got as a gift years ago.I bought it as a gift for my nieces and nephews but It did not even draw a glance from them.For one thing its too small and although the Information Is good, the artwork Is somewhat dry and unatractive to most youngters.I hope that they put more pictures, charts, and sidebar Information, ( although the maps are good)If they decide to revise these books, because they are worth having!

Worth noting, maybe worth having...
Like all other atlases in this series, the African volume is interesting, reasonably comprehensive, but way, WAY, too superficial.

The publishers have the merrit of being the first to attempt a continent-by-continent historical atlas coverage. Problem is, their small books are sometimes as much detailed as the corresponding chapter of a more accomplished, generic, World Atlas, like The Times'.

The quality of the cartography/art is so dishearteningly poor that it is not worth mentioning. Just do not expect anything remotely similar to National Geographic/The Times graphic quality.

All this said, I buy these atlases, in the hope that the publishers will eventualy decide to realy invest in these titles, making a new, wholly improved edition. You can make the same and also get some value for your money. ... Read more

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An introduction to the festivals and culture of South Africa, giving step-by-step instructions to complete a craft activity and follow a recipe to make a typical festival food. This book is one of a series which is intended as a reference source for school projects. ... Read more

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Examines the separation and subsequent history of Africa and South America from a biological point of view. The book provides an up-to-date comparative view of their flora and fauna, and summarizes current knowledge about the biogeographical relationships among major groups of organisms. ... Read more

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The Apartheid City and Beyond contains a series of original contributions on apartheid in the context of housing, community life, settlement forms, and the servicing of the cities. Ranging from broad overviews of particular issues to local case studies, the contributors explain how the cities of South Africa came to be the locus of people's present lives and a major constraint on urban forms. Looking ahead to the post-apartheid city, they show that if the cities of South Africa are to serve the people as a whole, the accelerating process of urbanization must be brought under control and harnessed to a new purpose. ... Read more

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Perfect! Stellar research.
Levin and Weiner cover all the issues in this book, from food to soils to land use to participatory land reform. A critical and uncompromising look at the land reform process in South Africa. Up to date, precise, well written - without question it will become one of the key documents on the land reform process. Participatory research at its best. Bravo! ... Read more

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An introduction to the history, economy, geography, politics, art, and culture of South Africa. ... Read more