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Beningfield, Jennifer.,

The frightened land : land, landscape, and politics in South Africa in the twentieth century / Jennifer Beningfield. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages)

chapter Introduction -- part Part 1 Veld -- chapter 1 Wilderness and veld -- chapter 2 Memory and inscription -- chapter 3 Map and monument -- part Part 2 Farm -- chapter 4 A failed Eden -- chapter 5 'Natural' identity -- chapter 6 The fertile desert -- part Part 3 'Native' lands -- chapter 7 'Native' lands -- chapter 8 Language, nation and landscape -- chapter 9 Tribal landscapes -- part Part 4 Invisible landscapes -- chapter 10 Desire and distance -- chapter 11 Veld and city -- chapter 12 Invisibility and silence -- part Part 5 Erasures -- chapter 13 Landscapes and erasures -- chapter 14 Landscapes of the imagination -- chapter 15 Transforming landscape.

ISBN: 9780203016916 9781134213498 9781134213535 9781134213542

Standard No.: 10.4324/9780203016916 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Landscape--Political aspects--History--South Africa--20th century.
Landscape in literature.
Land use--Political aspects--History.--South Africa
Apartheid--South Africa.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Africa--Politics and government--20th century.

LC Class. No.: DT1928 / .B46 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 820.9320968 / B467