ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1961, this book was the first comprehensive work on South African geography that also presented a balanced account of all facets of the economic life. It was written to provide background information on South Africa – the nature of the country, its resources and deficiencies, its historic settlement by peoples of different races and of the progress made and the difficulties encountered in the major areas of economic activity: agriculture, mining, manufacturing and trade. In discussing these factors the book acknowledged that in South Africa the complexities of the relationships between peoples of different racial origins and widely differently economic and cultural standards are met in one country.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |92 pages
The Physical Background
chapter 1|29 pages
Structure and Surface
chapter 2|32 pages
Weather and Climate
chapter 3|15 pages
Vegetation
chapter 4|14 pages
Soils
part |24 pages
The Occupation of Southern Africa
chapter 6|16 pages
The Progress of Settlement
part |40 pages
Water Supply and Irrigation
chapter 7|38 pages
Water Supply and Irrigation
part |122 pages
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
chapter 8|5 pages
Agriculture: General Considerations
chapter 9|19 pages
The Cereal Crops
chapter 10|6 pages
Sugar Cane
chapter 11|12 pages
Other Crops
chapter 12|24 pages
Fruit
chapter 13|24 pages
The Pastoral Industries
chapter 14|5 pages
Soil Erosion, Veld Management, and Conservation Farming
chapter 15|13 pages
Forestry, Afforestation, and Forest Industries
chapter 16|12 pages
Fishing and Whaling
part |104 pages
Mineral Resources and Exploitation
chapter 17|4 pages
Introduction: Mineral Resources and Production
chapter 18|7 pages
Precious Stones
chapter 19|28 pages
Precious Metals
chapter 20|15 pages
Base Metals
chapter 21|10 pages
Non-metallic Minerals
chapter 22|38 pages
Coal 1
part |92 pages
Power Resources and Manufacturing Industries
chapter 23|8 pages
Power
chapter 24|14 pages
The Emergence of South Africa as an Industrial Nation
chapter 25|15 pages
The Iron and Steel Industries
chapter 26|14 pages
The Metal-working and Engineering Industries
chapter 27|4 pages
The Food Industries
chapter 28|11 pages
The Fibre-processing, Textile, and Clothing Industries
chapter 29|9 pages
The Tanning, Footwear, and Leather Industries
chapter 30|11 pages
The Chemical Industries
chapter 31|4 pages
Other Industries
part |38 pages
Communications and Trade
chapter 32|21 pages
Land and Air Communications
chapter 33|15 pages
The Ports and their Trade
part |14 pages
The Bantu Economy and the Bantu Territories
chapter 34|12 pages
The Bantu Economy and the Bantu Reserves
part |124 pages
The Major Regions
chapter 35|4 pages
Introduction: The Major Regions
chapter 36|28 pages
The South-western Cape
chapter 37|15 pages
The South-eastern Cape
chapter 38|33 pages
The Eastern Plateau Slopes
chapter 39|14 pages
The Highveld Plateau
chapter 40|11 pages
The Witwatersrand Conurbation 1
chapter 41|4 pages
Basutoland
chapter 42|13 pages
The Transvaal Plateau Basin
part |28 pages
The Population and the Future