The Emergence of Modern South Africa

The Emergence of Modern South Africa
Author: David Yudelman
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1983-02-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780313231704

The Emergence of Modern South Africa views economic conflict, specifically the interaction of the state, big business, and labor, as the central issue in the development of South Africa. Yudelman focuses on the labor-management conflict in the country's gold fields in the early decades of this century, a time and place critical to the development of the state. At that time government walked a tightrope between supporting big business (to ensure economic growth) and appeasing the workers (to remain in power). Yudelman demonstrates how a symbiotic alliance between the mining companies and the state successfully subjugated the workers, and points out that this unique relationship continues to this day, dominating every aspect of life in South Africa. David Yudelman's historical analysis and lengthy epilogue on the 1970s and 1980s shed light on today's economic unrest and those conflicts to come. His book also shows how the South African case provides early and important insights into the development of the state-business symbiosis in industrial societies everywhere.

Southern Africa

Southern Africa
Author: Gwendolen Margaret Carter
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1981
Genre: Africa, Southern
ISBN:

A study of the educational systems of Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, Southwest Africa/Namibia and Swaziland with an addendum on Zimbabwe-Rhodesia : A guide to the academic placement of students in educational institutions of the United States.

The People’s Paper

The People’s Paper
Author: Peter Limb
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1868148505

This much-awaited volume uncovers the long-lost pages of the major African multilingual newspaper, Abantu-Batho. Founded in 1912 by African National Congress (ANC) convenor Pixley Seme, with assistance from the Swazi Queen, it was published up until 1931, attracting the cream of African politicians, journalists and poets Mqhayi, Nontsisi Mgqweth, and Grendon. In its pages burning issues of the day were articulated alongside cultural by-ways. The People's Paper - comprising both essays and an anthology - explores the complex movements and individuals that emerged in the almost twenty years of its publication. The essays contribute rich, new material to provide clearer insights into South African politics and intellectual life. The anthology unveils a judicious selection of never-before published columns from the paper spanning every year of its life and drawn from repositories on three continents. Abantu-Batho had a regional and international focus, and by examining all these dynamics across boundaries and disciplines, The People's Paper transcends established historiographical frontiers to fill a lacuna that scholars have long lamented.

Black Power in South Africa

Black Power in South Africa
Author: Gail M. Gerhart
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2023-04-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520341473

"This book, better than any I have seen, provides an understanding of the politics and ideology of orthodox African nationalism, or Black Power, in South Africa since World War II. . . . from the Youth League of the African Student National Congress (ANC) of the late 1940s to the South African Student Organization (SASO) and the Black Consciousness Movement of the 1970s."—Perspective "Clarifies some of the main issues that have divided the black leadership and rescues the work of some pioneering nationalist theorists. . . . It's an absorbing piece of history."—New York Times "Informative and well-researched. . . . She ably explores the nuances of the two main movements until 1960 and explains why blacks were so receptive to black consciousness in the late Sixties."—New York Review

Capital and Labour in South Africa

Capital and Labour in South Africa
Author: Darcy Du Toit
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1981
Genre: Labor
ISBN: 0710300018

First Published in 1981. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Colour and Culture in South Africa

Colour and Culture in South Africa
Author: Sheila Patterson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2013-08-21
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1136243054

This is Volume VI of twenty-one in a series on Race, Class and Social Structure. Originally published in 1953 and using language of the time, this is a study of the status of the Cape coloured people within the social structure of the Union of South Africa.

Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields, 1871-1890

Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields, 1871-1890
Author: Robert Vicat Turrell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1987-09-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521333542

Based on new documentary sources, this history of diamond mining in Kimberley is a major study of South Africa's mineral revolution and the formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines, one of the most successful African mining companies.