Machine derived contents note: Preface -- 1. The problem of segregation -- 2. Contemporary perspectives -- 3. Recent interpretations of the origins of segregation in South Africa -- 4. The origins of segregation in the American South: the Woodward thesis and its critics -- 5. The south makes segregation: the economic interpretation -- 6. The south makes segregation: the social interpretation -- 7. A note on southern moderates and segregation -- 8. South Africa makes segregation -- 9. Conclusion: reactions to segregation -- Notes -- Index