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Slave emancipation and racial attitudes in nineteenth-century South Africa /

"This book examines the social transformation wrought by the abolition of slavery in 1834 in South Africa's Cape Colony. It pays particular attention to the effects of socioeconomic and cultural changes in the way both freed slaves and dominant whites adjusted to the new world. It compares...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watson, R. L. (Richard Lyness), 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. The Foundations of Racial Order: 1. The passing of the slave system; 2. Labor and the economy
  • Part II. Cultural and Political Factors: 3. Missions; 4. Respectability; 5. The frontier; 6. The trek; 7. Plagues
  • Part III. Rape, Race and Violence: 8. Violence; 9. Rape and other crimes; 10. Honor
  • Part IV. A Racial Order: 11. Sediment at the bottom of the mind; 12. An aristocracy of skin
  • Appendix: The newspapers.