Promise and Despair : The First Struggle for a Non-Racial South Africa /

"The struggle for freedom in South Africa goes back a long way. In 1909, a remarkable interracial delegation of South Africans traveled to London to lobby for a non-racialized constitution and franchise for all. Among their allies was Mahatma Gandhi, who later encapsulated lessons from the expe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plaut, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Black people > Civil rights.
Black people > Civil rights > South Africa > History.
South Africa.
Afrique du Sud > Politique et gouvernement > 1909-1948.
Afrique du Sud > Politique et gouvernement > 1836-1909.
Afrique du Sud > Histoire > 1909-1961.
Afrique du Sud > Histoire > 1836-1909.
South Africa > Politics and government > 1909-1948.
South Africa > Politics and government > 1836-1909.
South Africa > History > 1909-1961.
South Africa > History > 1836-1909.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Setting sail
  • South Africa's troubled century
  • Scorched earth and broken promises
  • From war to Union
  • London: friends and allies
  • London: campaigning for non-racialism
  • London: the parliamentary struggle
  • London: Gandhi's campaign
  • 'The blow has fallen': the reality of Union
  • Gandhi: defeat and victory
  • Aftermath: the road to war
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: franchise timeline.

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