Gillian Hart

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Gillian Patricia Hart (born 1946) is a geographer, best known for her books Rethinking the South African Crisis (2014), [1] Disabling Globalization (2002), [2] and Power, Labor, and Livelihood (1986). [3] She graduated with a PhD from Cornell University in 1978. She is a professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, and a professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. She received a Vega Medal from Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden in April 2018. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. Reviews of Rethinking the South African Crisis:
    • Hull, Elizabeth (2016). "Review of Rethinking the South African crisis: nationalism, populism, hegemony". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 22 (1): 217–218. ISSN   1359-0987.
    • Cooper-Knock, Sarah Jane (2016). Hart, Gillian; Hamilton, Lawrence; Cornell, Drucilla; Super, Gail; Picard, Louis A.; Mogale, Thomas; Beresford, Alexander (eds.). "Continuity, Change and Crisis: Mapping South Africa's Political Terrain". Journal of Southern African Studies. 42 (1): 149–161. ISSN   0305-7070.
    • Grundy, Kenneth W. (2014). "Review of Rethinking the South African Crisis: Nationalism, Populism, and Hegemony". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 47 (3): 533–534. ISSN   0361-7882.
    • Callebert, Ralph (2015). "Review of Rethinking the South African Crisis: Nationalism, Populism, Hegemony". Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines. 49 (3): 514–516. ISSN   0008-3968.
  2. Reviews of Disabling Globalization:
  3. Reviews of Power, Labor, and Livelihood:
  4. "Geography professor emerita Gillian Hart wins Vega Medal". Berkeley News. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  5. "Gillian Hart". University of Georgia Press. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  6. "Bilder från Vegadagen 2018 | SSAG | Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi". ssag.se. Retrieved 7 March 2023.