ISBN: 9780869806395 / 0869806394 - Pietermaritzburg 1838-1988: A New Portrait of an African City by J. Laband and R. Haswell [1988]
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Pietermaritzburg 1838-1988: A New Portrait of an African City by J. Laband & R. Haswell

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ISBN: 9780869806395 / 0869806394 - Pietermaritzburg 1838-1988: A New Portrait of an African City by J. Laband and R. Haswell. Published by UKZN Press / Shuter & Shooter, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Used, Very Good condition. 286 pp. Good DJ.

In 1838 the Voortrekkers laid out their town within a beautiful circle of hills. hen the British came. They established a garrison at Fort Napier in 1843, and turned the Voortrekker dorp into a little colonial city which was the administrative and legal capital of the Colony of Natal, and economic pivot of the Natal Midlands.

With the Union of South Africa in 1910, Pietermaritzburg lost the status of a colonial capital and, under the shadow of the nearby port of Durban, sank into provincial stagnation. Only in recent decades has it revived to become an industrial growth-point and a budding centre of tourism.

Yet Pietermaritzburg is not just a city of whites, heirs of the Voortrekkers and British whose architectural heritage still graces its streets. The area has known continuous human habitation since the Stone Age. After the Khoisan came Nguni-speaking agriculturalists who were here when the Trekkers arrived. Their descendants live in the environs of the City, and are an integral part of its life and work. It is also the home of coloured and Indian communities who settled here in the 19th century, and who have made their vital contribution to the City's growth and prosperity. Pietermaritzburg belongs to all these people.

The editors of this book - an historian and a geographer - set out to present a portrait of Pietermaritzburg which no only depicts its face but also explores beneath the surface and reveals the character and personality of the City. Some 70 writers - all experts on specific aspects of Pietermaritzburg - have contributed a text of extraordinary variety and richness. With nearly 400 illustrations it offers a fresh look at the past, a wide-ranging survey of the present and a hopeful vision of the future.

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