Book Reviews

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Review of Anxious Joburg: The Inner Lives of a Global South City
Common Ground - A brilliant and welcome addition to architectural literature
Review of Durban Art Deco
Review of The Historical Karoo and The Historical Overberg
Fast forward to a new style of Mrs Beeton
Review of Falling Monuments Reluctant Ruins
Moving migrant men to build the gold mining industry - a cruel system
Review of 'Plague, Pox and Pandemics'
This book reveals an archaeological treasure house in Southern Africa
Inside the Carlton Hotel - Nostalgia overlaid with depression
This study is about a moment in time in the Yeoville story
An even-handed biography that adds to the literature on South African educational history
This book celebrates the hidden treasures of the Karoo
This is a book that will define the Waterberg for decades to come
Review of 'Mlamulankunzi: The Life and Times of Dick King'
'The Man behind the Beard' - A sympathetic biography that makes a contribution to the history of South Africa in the 20th century
This academic study breaks new ground in probing ways to look at photographs
Civilising Grass - Jonathan Cane’s study is thought-provoking, entertaining, interesting and provocative
Review of Traditional Tswana Housing: A Study in Four Villages in eastern Botswana (2nd edition)
This book will appeal to you if you have an ancestor who arrived in 1820
Review of 'Tavern of the Seas: The Unseen Years 1935-1955'
Review of Farmhouses of Old Natal
Learn about hidden vernacular treasures with this book in hand
This book passes Andrew Mlangeni’s personal story to his descendants and a wider readership
Review of 'Cradle of Life - The story of the Magaliesberg and the Cradle of Humankind’
The Silver Tea Service - A memoir dipped in mystery
Review of 'Barnato's Diamonds'
Review of 'Troubling Images - Visual Culture and the Politics of Afrikaner Nationalism'
Review of 'I am David'
Review of 20 South African Schools: A Pictorial History