The Rise and Fall of the South African Peasantry

With a Preface reviewing some of the debates prompted by the earlier edition of this book.

The first edition of this book was hailed as a major reinterpretation of South African history. It criticised the prevailing view that African agriculture was primitive or backward, and attacked the notion that poverty and lack ofdevelopment were a result of 'traditionalism'. Bundy's work introduced the idea that by the late nineteenth and early twentieth century capitalist development in South Africa was increasingly hostile to peasant producers and a massive onslaught was launched against them - the understanding of this was vital to an understanding of both the South African past and present.

Author: Colin Bundy
Publisher: James Currey
Published: 01/01/1988
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780852550472