Review of African Political Economy - Vol. 11 No. 29 Economy/Pre-industrial/Social Chg in SA (3 bks)

Abstract of Review

Title:	Economy and Society in Pre-industrial South Africa by Shula Marks and Anthony Atmore; Industrialisation and Social Change in South Africa: African Class Formation, Culture and Consciousness 1870-1930 by Shula Marks and Richard Rathbone
Reviewer:	Bill Freund
Location:	Vol.11 No.29 (Summer 1984), pp155-160

These two books bring together a variety of work which the editors describe as constituting 'a revolution in the historiography of SA' , work that seeks to understand the development of racial power in terms of social and economic forces, particularly the development of capitalism.

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