Building Apartheid: ON Architecture and Order in Imperial Cape Town

Through a specific architectural lens, this book exposes the role the British Empire played in the development of apartheid. Through reference to previously unexamined archival material, the book reveals a mir of mechanisms by which Empire laid the foundations upon which the apartheid edifice was built. It uncovers the significant role British architects and architectural ideas played in facilitating white domination and racial segregation in pre-apartheid Cape Town. 242 p: b/w, 25x18 cm, hardcover.