A war with a silver lining. Canadian Protestant Churches and the South African war, 1899–1902. By Gordon L. Heath. (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion. 2nd Ser., 50.) Pp. xxvii+212 incl. 9 ills. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009. £51. 978 0 7735 3480 3

2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-197
Author(s):  
Sandra Beardsall
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
The South ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
South African War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Queen's University ◽  
Silver Lining

Locating the location of a South African location: the paradoxical pre-history of Soweto

Urban History ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
HOWARD PHILLIPS
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
South African ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
The South ◽  
Pneumonic Plague ◽  
South African War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Emergency Measure ◽  
The City

ABSTRACT:This article examines the decisive role of the pneumonic plague epidemic of 1904 in re-shaping the racial geography of Johannesburg after the South African War. The panic which this epidemic evoked swept away the obstacles which had blocked such a step since 1901 and saw the Indian and African inhabitants of the inner-city Coolie Location forcibly removed to Klipspruit Farm 12 miles outside of the city as a health emergency measure. There, the latter were compelled to remain, even after the epidemic had waned, making it henceforth the officially designated site for their residence. In 1963, now greatly expanded, it was named Soweto. From small germs do mighty townships grow.

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