In Emerging Johannesburg the contributors describe the city's transition from a post apartheid city to one with all too familiar issues such as urban/suburban divide in the city and its relationship to poverty and socio-political power, ...

A powerful critique of urban development in greater Johannesburg since the end of apartheid in 1994. “Martin J. Murray navigates the slippery interfaces where mega-development, social progress, dystopian dread, racial enclaving, and ...

This books describes the history of the city from its days as a mining camp to its position of premier metropolis in Africa.

This historical account of the epidemics that have struck Johannesburg during its 134-year history is written with the burden of the present.

The book begins with the building boom, performances and uneven but noteworthy inter-racial exchange that marked the city's fiftieth-anniversary celebration at the Empire Exhibition in 1936.

This thought-provoking book is an exploration of the ways religion and diverse forms of mobility have shaped post-apartheid Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Rough Guide Snapshot to Johannesburg and Pretoria is the ultimate travel guide to this region of South Africa.