Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa / Edition 1

by William Beinart, Saul Dubow

Overview

As South Africa moves towards majority rule, and blacks begin to exercise direct political power, apartheid becomes a thing of the past - but its legacy in South African history will be indelible. this book is designed to introduce students to a range of interpretations of one of South Africa's central social characteristics: racial segregation. It:

• brings together eleven articles which span the whole history of segregation from its origins to its final collapse
• reviews the new historiography of segregation and the wide variety of intellectual traditions on which it is based
• includes a glossary, explanatory notes and further reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415103572
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/13/1995
Series:	Rewriting Histories
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

William Beinart, Saul Dubow

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Historiography of Segregation and Apartheid 1. The Sanitation Syndrome: Subonic Plague and Urban native Policy in the Cape Colony 1900-1909 2. British Hegemonyh and the Origins of Segregation in South Africa 1901-1914 3. Capitalism and Cheap Labour Power in South Africa 1901-1914 3. Capitalism and Cheap Labour Power in South Africa: from Segregation to Apartheid 4. natal, the Zulu Royal Family and the Ideology of Segregation 5. Marxism, Feminism and South African Studies 6. The Elaboration of Segregationalist ideology 7. Chieftaincy and the Concept of Articulation: South Africa c. 1900-1950 8. The Growth of Afrikaner Identity 9. the Meaning of Apartheid before 1948: Conflicting Interests and Forces within the Afrikaner Nationalist Alliance 10. Displaced-Urbanization: South Africa's Rural Slums 11. Ethnicity in the Ciskei

Editorial Reviews

Ten important essays cover topics including bubonic plague and urban native policy in the Cape Colony, 1900-1909; capitalism and cheap labor in South Africa; and the growth of Afrikaner identity. Includes an introduction which contextualizes the historiographical controversy, taking into account the 1994 election and associated changes. A glossary of terms is included, but no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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