The Supernatural State: Water Divining and the Cape Underground Water Rush, 1891-1910
Journal of Social HistoryPublished 1 June 2004
Lance van Sittert
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Journal Article The Supernatural State: Water Divining and the Cape Underground Water Rush, 1891–1910 Get access Lance van Sittert Lance van Sittert Department of Historical Studies, University of Capetown, Cape Town, South Africa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 37, Issue 4, Summer 2004, Pages 915–937, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh.2004.0067 Published: 01 July 2004
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