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1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; The Editors and Contributors; Part One: Historical Foundations; 1. Labour, Land and Livestock in the Western Cape during the Eighteenth Century; 2. The Family and Slavery at the Cape, 1680-1808; 3. Adjusting to Emancipation: Freed Slaves and Farmers in the Mid-Nineteenth-Century South-Western Cape; 4. Structure and Culture in Pre-Industrial Cape Town: A survey of Knowledge and Ignorance; 5. A 'Special Tradition of Multi-Racialism'? Segregation in Cape Town in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries |
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6. Aspects of the Rise of Afrikaner Capital and Afrikaner Nationalism in the Western Cape, 1870-1915Part Two: Economy and Labour; 7. The Underdevelopment of the Western Cape, 1850-1900; 8. Artisans and Trade Unions in the Cape Town Building Industry 1900-1924; 9. Wolseley's Great Strike; 10. The General Workers' Union, 1973-1986; Part Three: Politics and Society; 11. Ideology and Urban Planning: Blueprints of a Garrison City; 12. Administrative Politics and the Coloured Labour Preference Policy During the 1960s; 13. Non-Collaboration in the Western Cape, 1943-1963 |
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14. Local Government Restructuring in Greater Cape Town15. 'Action, Comrades, Action!': The Politics of Youth-Student Resistance in the Western Cape, 1985; References; Index |
| Summary |
"This volume is the first general social and economic history of the Western Cape of South Africa. Until recently, this region had been largely neglected by historians because it does not occupy a central place in the national political economy. Wilmot G. James and Mary Simons argue that a great deal about modern South Africa has been shaped by the distinctive society and economy of the Western Cape. Its history also reveals striking parallels and contrasts with other regions of the African continent. The Western Cape is the only region of South Africa to have experienced slavery. In this sense, the Western Cape has historical traditions more akin to colonial slave societies of the Americas than to those of the rest of Africa. Moreover, in contrast to the rest of South Africa, a proletariat emerged in the Western Cape early in its history, at the start of the eighteenth century. There developed a much more stable and enduring system of class and labor relations. In the twentieth century, these became closely enmeshed with race and status. Racial paternalism and the close correlation between class, caste, and color have their historical roots in the Western Cape. The book is arranged thematically and explores the social and economic consequences of slavery and emancipation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Issues of economy and labor, such as economic underdevelopment in the Western Cape, the labor market, and trade-union organization in the twentieth century are examined. The authors also treat the role of the state in shaping Western Cape society. Class, Caste, and Color is not only a groundbreaking work in the study of South Africa, but provides an agenda for future researchers. It will be essential reading for historians, economists, and Africa area specialists."--Provided by publisher |
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Print version record |
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.
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Economic history
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Social conditions
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Western Cape (South Africa) -- Economic conditions -- History
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Western Cape (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- History
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Western Cape (South Africa) -- Economic conditions
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Western Cape (South Africa) -- Social conditions
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South Africa -- Western Cape
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351528160 |
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1351528165 |
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9781315081120 |
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1315081121 |
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