Colonial South Africa and the Origins of the Racial Order |
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| Author:
| Keegan, Timothy |
| Series title: | Reconsiderations in Southern African History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-1735-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1997 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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For whereas a previous generation of historians saw the twentieth-century racial state emerging from forces unleashed by the mineral revolution, Keegan argues that its roots lie in an earlier period, when the cape was first inegrated into the British empire of free trade of the early nineteenth century.
For whereas a previous generation of historians saw the twentieth-century racial state emerging from forces unleashed by the mineral revolution, Keegan argues that its roots lie in an earlier period, when the cape was first inegrated into the British empire of free trade of the early nineteenth century.