Kennedy, B. E.2011-02-142011-02-141980-02-25http://hdl.handle.net/10539/9003African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 25 February, 1980Like most mining towns that survive, Johannesburg and its citizens have over the years sponsored many commemorative chronicles that celebrate its beginnings, spectacular growth, and the pioneers. … It was not until 1938, however, that the first serious study of Johannesburg as an 'urban experiment' was published.enHistoriography. South Africa. JohannesburgWorking Paper