Bloemfontein die ontstaan van 'n stad 1846~1946 by Karel Schoeman
Bloemfontein die ontstaan van 'n stad 1846~1946 by Karel Schoeman Afrikaans)
Hardcover
ISBN 9780798109550 / 0798109556
Publisher: Human & Rousseau (Pty) Ltd , 1980 first edition.
Condition: Good. Ex Library book with single stamp on the first page. Previous owner name neatly inscribed above the stamp. The DJ have some signs of edge and spine wear and a v shape tear at the back bottom, but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book is still in a very good condition and for an ex library book has clearly been well maintained thus far. The book is protected with a new Cellophane cover.
*This impressive book in this versatile author's Free State series must rank as among the best South African city histories. Schoeman, the winner of two Hertzog prizes and many other awards, has had a lifelong interest his native province (he was born in Trompsburg, south of Bloemfontein).
The jacket illustration, described in detail on the book's back flap, is a photograph of a 1851 painting by Thomas Baines preserved in the Pretoria Archives. The blue paper-boards have very slight shelf-worn.The binding is tight.
viii + 305 pp of double-column text (in Afrikaans; though, unusually, all the chapter titles are quotations in English) + an art paper section with 174 captioned b/w photographs. The final letterpress section includes a 30 pp bibliography and a 10 pp index.
*In 1846 is 'n klein Britse garnisoen in die nabyheid van die Bloemfontein geplaas in 'n poging om die vrede in die Transoranje te bewaar: honderd jaar later het hier 'n stad van meer as sestigduisend inwoners bestaan. Hoe dit gebeur het, is die onderwerp van hierdie titel deur Karel Schoeman, 'n boorling van die Vrystaat. Volgens Schoeman wou hy vasstel hoe Bloemfontein in die verlede gelyk het en hoe dit was om hier te woon. Die gevolg is 'n boeiende stuk sosiale en kultuurgeskiedenis, wat op uitgebreide navorsing berus, maar beskryf word met al die literere vaardigheid waarvan hierdie Hertzogpryswenner hom reeds 'n meester getoon het.
