Poverty, War, and Violence in South Africa - Crais, Clifton (Professor and Director, Institute of African Studies, Emory University, Atlanta)

Poverty and violence are issues of global importance. In Poverty, War, and Violence in South Africa, Clifton Crais explores the relationship between colonial conquest and the making of South Africa's rural poor. This detailed history changes our understanding of the origins of the gut-wrenching poverty that characterizes rural areas today.