The Rise & Fall of the South African Peasantry | Colin Bundy

Author: Colin Bundy

Publisher: David Phillip (1988)

Edition: Second Edition

Condition: Very Good. Some wear to cover corners.

Binding: Softcover

Pages: 276

Dimensions: 21 x 13.5 x 2.2 cm

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by Colin Bundy

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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 of development 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.