1st Edition

The Politics of Race, Class and Nationalism in Twentieth Century South Africa

By S. Mark, Stanley Trapido, S. Marks Copyright 1987
    476 Pages
    by Routledge

    476 Pages
    by Routledge

    "The standard of contribution is high . . . the reader gets a good sense of the cutting edge of historical research."

    – African Affairs

    Preface; Acknowledgement; 1. The politics of race, class and nationalism Shula Marks and Stanley Trapido; 2. Race, civilisation and culture: the elaboration of segregationist discourse in the inter-war years Saul Dubow; 3. Building a nation from words: Afrikaans language, literature and ethnic identity, 1902-1924 Isabel Hofmeyr; 4. Solidarity fragmented: garment workers of the Transvaal, 1930-1960 Iris Berger; 5. The reconstitution of Coloured identity in the Western Cape Ian Goldin; 6. Ideology in organised Indian politics, 1891-1948 Maureen Swan; 7. 'Africa for the Africans': the Garvey movement in South Africa, 1920-1940 Robert A. Hill and Gregory A. Pirio; 8. Land and liberation: popular rural protest and the national liberation movements in South Africa, 1920-1960 Colin Bundy; 9. Worker consciousness, ethnic particularism and nationalism: the experiences of a South African migrant, 1930-1960 William Beinart; 10. Political mobilisation during the 1950s: an East London case study Tom Lodge; 11. Batons and bare heads: the strike at Amato Textiles, February 1958 Philip Bonner and Rob Lambert; 12. Incorporationist ideology as a response to political struggle: the Progressive Party of South Africa, 1960-1980 Brian Hackland; 13. Ideological struggles within the South African state Stanley B. Greenberg; 14. The language of domination, 1978-1983 Deborah Posel; Notes on contributors; Index

    Biography

    Shula Marks, Stanley Trapido