Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- List of maps
- Preface
- A note on terminology, country names, and currency
- 1 Setting the context: South Africa in international perspective
- 2 Seizing the land: conquest and dispossession
- 3 Making the labour force: coercion and discrimination
- 4 Creating the colour bar: formal barriers, poor whites, and ‘civilized’ labour
- 5 Exporting the gold: the vital role of the mineral revolution
- 6 Transforming the economy: the rise of manufacturing and commercial agriculture
- 7 Separating the races: the imposition of apartheid
- 8 Forcing the pace: rapid progress despite constraints
- 9 Hitting the barriers: from triumph to disaster
- 10 Confronting the contradictions: the final crisis and the retreat from apartheid
- Annexe 1 The people of South Africa
- Annexe 2 The land and the geographical environment
- Annexe 3 The labour force and unemployment
- Guide to further reading
- References
- Index
A note on terminology, country names, and currency
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- List of maps
- Preface
- A note on terminology, country names, and currency
- 1 Setting the context: South Africa in international perspective
- 2 Seizing the land: conquest and dispossession
- 3 Making the labour force: coercion and discrimination
- 4 Creating the colour bar: formal barriers, poor whites, and ‘civilized’ labour
- 5 Exporting the gold: the vital role of the mineral revolution
- 6 Transforming the economy: the rise of manufacturing and commercial agriculture
- 7 Separating the races: the imposition of apartheid
- 8 Forcing the pace: rapid progress despite constraints
- 9 Hitting the barriers: from triumph to disaster
- 10 Confronting the contradictions: the final crisis and the retreat from apartheid
- Annexe 1 The people of South Africa
- Annexe 2 The land and the geographical environment
- Annexe 3 The labour force and unemployment
- Guide to further reading
- References
- Index
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- An Economic History of South AfricaConquest, Discrimination, and Development, pp. xix - xxivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005