Racial Segregation and the Origins of Apartheid in South Africa, 1919–36 (St Antony's Series) - Hardcover

Dubow, Saul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333464613 ISBN 13: 9780333464618

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1989

Synopsis

Based on extensive archival research in South Africa and drawing on the most recent scholarship, this book is an original and lucid exposition of the ideological, political and administrative origins of Apartheid. It will add substantially to the understanding of contemporary South Africa.

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Synopsis:

This analysis of the historical development of racial segregation in South Africa between the World War I and II casts light on the period immediately before the advent of modern-day apartheid and provides an account of the ideological, political and administrative origins of apartheid. Segregation is seen here as a complex combination of ideas and policies which aimed to entrench and legitimize the basis of white domination in South Africa. The authors feel that in essence, it represented an attempt to uphold white supremacy by containing the powerful social forces unleashed by South Africa's rapid process of industrialization. The work is based on archival research in South Africa and aims to draw upon some of the most recent scholarship.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0333464613
• ISBN 13: 9780333464618
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 261