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Colonial Immigrants in a British City - A Class Analysis (Hardcover): John Rex, Sally Tomlinson, David Hearnden, Peter Ratcliffe Colonial Immigrants in a British City - A Class Analysis (Hardcover)
John Rex, Sally Tomlinson, David Hearnden, Peter Ratcliffe
R3,388 Discovery Miles 33 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Colonial Immigrants in a British City (1979) analyses the relationship between West Indian and Asian immigrants and the class structure of a British city. Based on a four-year research project in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, the book is a study of race and community relations - political, social, economic and personal - in a major centre of immigrant settlement. It considers the relationship between housing class and class formations and consciousness in other sectors of allocation, such as employment and education. It includes a consideration of the changing political climate on race relations between 1950 and 1976.

The Development of British Immigration Law (Hardcover): Vaughan Bevan The Development of British Immigration Law (Hardcover)
Vaughan Bevan
R3,826 Discovery Miles 38 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Development of British Immigration Law (1986) examines the policies and laws of immigration law in the UK. It demonstrates that many modern issues have historical precedents. The justifications for immigration control are examined and linked to a discussion of nationality law and race relations. It is argued that the laws and practices of immigration are unnecessarily rigid and racist, both in design and in effect; that the record of the UK is a sorry chapter in the field of human rights but one which is consistent with international state practice; that immigration is an ideal model to illustrate the UK's general treatment of civil liberties. Particular aspects of the subject are examined in depth to illustrate the attitudes of government, the courts and civil servants.

Point of Arrival - A Study of London's East End (Hardcover): Chaim Bermant Point of Arrival - A Study of London's East End (Hardcover)
Chaim Bermant
R3,381 Discovery Miles 33 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Point of Arrival (1975) examines the experiences of the various immigrant groups - the Huguenots, Irish, Jews, Pakistanis - who have made their home in the East End of London. This was their point of arrival in a new country, and for many it was the only England they were to know.

Geography & Ethnic Pluralism (Hardcover): Colin Clarke, David Ley, Ceri Peach Geography & Ethnic Pluralism (Hardcover)
Colin Clarke, David Ley, Ceri Peach
R3,380 Discovery Miles 33 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Geography & Ethnic Pluralism (1984) examines the debate around pluralism - the segmentation of population by race and culture - as a social and state issue, and explores this issue in Third World and metropolitan contexts. The field is opened up by a re-examination of the seminal work of J.S. Furnivall and M.G. Smith and by exploring the significance of racial and cultural diversity in colonial, post-colonial and metropolitan situations. Case studies written by specialists are presented in each chapter; they represent a wide range of locales, indicating the global nature of the theme and emphasising the variable significance of ethnicity in different situations.

Immigration in Post-War France - A Documentary Anthology (Hardcover): Alec G. Hargreaves Immigration in Post-War France - A Documentary Anthology (Hardcover)
Alec G. Hargreaves
R2,654 Discovery Miles 26 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Immigration in Post-War France (1987) presents a collection of articles, illustrations and other data, covering everything from politics and education to religion and rock music, that examine the experience of North African immigrants to France. The extensive selection of documents include opinion polls, newspaper articles, academic analyses, cartoons, political posters, maps, tables and photographs. Together, they reflect the views of a wide cross-section of the French and immigrant communities.

Asia's Population Problems - With a Discussion of Population and Immigration in Australia (Hardcover): S Chandrasekhar Asia's Population Problems - With a Discussion of Population and Immigration in Australia (Hardcover)
S Chandrasekhar
R3,380 Discovery Miles 33 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Asia's Population Problems (1967) features papers written by specialists - demographers, economists and sociologists - examining the various population issues facing different Asian countries in the decades following the Second World War. Population facts and policies, apart from affecting an individual's happiness and security and a nation's economic and social advancement, have come to play an important role in international relations. A proper understanding of demographic trends is key, and this volume aims to supply significant population facts and figures, and also provides the general national, economic and political framework of each country against which certain international demographic attitudes, approaches and policies may be understood.

The Liberal Dilemma in South Africa (Hardcover): P.L. van den Berghe The Liberal Dilemma in South Africa (Hardcover)
P.L. van den Berghe
R2,655 Discovery Miles 26 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Originally published in 1979, The Liberal Dilemma in South Africa discusses the dilemma of how to overthrow an oppressive social order maintained through violence in a non-violent manner. The contributors to this volume were all established social scientists and academics, with extensive experience of living and doing research in South Africa. They analyse various aspects of that dilemma and of the social order which creates it, particularly emphasizing the role of students, academics and other intellectuals in South African society.

Slavery (Hardcover): C.W.W. Greenidge Slavery (Hardcover)
C.W.W. Greenidge
R3,228 Discovery Miles 32 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Slavery, first published in 1958, examines four main types of modern slavery: chattel slavery; the sale of women into marriage; the sale of children into work and prostitution; serfdom. Mr Greenidge, a Director of the Anti-Slavery Society, marshals an astonishing array of findings into modern slavery, and outlines the history of the anti-slavery movement.

The African Link - The African Link: British Attitudes in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1550-1807 (Hardcover): Anthony... The African Link - The African Link: British Attitudes in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1550-1807 (Hardcover)
Anthony J. Barker
R3,234 Discovery Miles 32 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The African Link, first published in 1978, breaks new ground in the studies of pre-19th century racial prejudice by emphasizing the importance of the West African end of the slave trade. For the British, the important African link was the commercial one which brought slave traders into contact with the peoples of West Africa. Far from remaining covert, their experiences were reflected in a vast array of scholarly, educational, popular and polemical writing. The picture of Black Africa that emerges from these writings is scarcely favourable - yet through the hostility of traders and moralising editors appear glimpses of respect and admiration for African humanity, skills and artefacts. The crudest generalisations about Black Africa are revealed as the inventions of credulous medieval geographers and of the late 18th century pro-slavery lobby. The author combines the more matter-of-fact reports of the intervening centuries with analysis of 17th and 18th century social and scientific theories to fill a considerable gap in the history of racial attitudes.

Cultural Heritage Management in Africa - The Heritage of the Colonized (Hardcover): George Okello Abungu, Webber Ndoro Cultural Heritage Management in Africa - The Heritage of the Colonized (Hardcover)
George Okello Abungu, Webber Ndoro
R3,802 Discovery Miles 38 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

1. This book explores the diversity of Africa's cultural heritage, analyses how and why this heritage has been managed and considers the factors that continue to influence management strategies and systems throughout the African continent. 2. This book includes contributions from a cast of prominent scholars and heritage professionals working across Africa. 3. This book examines the ideological influence of independence movements on the African continent's management and remembering of heritage. 4. This will be essential reading for those engaged in the study of museums and heritage, development, archaeology, anthropology, history and African studies. It will also be of interest to heritage and museum professionals who wish to learn more about the issues of decolonisation of heritage.

Pathways to Alternative Epistemologies in Africa (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Adeshina Afolayan, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Samuel... Pathways to Alternative Epistemologies in Africa (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Adeshina Afolayan, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
R3,334 Discovery Miles 33 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume investigates alternative epistemological pathways by which knowledge production in Africa can proceed. The contributors, using different intellectual dynamics, explore the existing epistemological dominance of the West-from architecture to gender discourse, from environmental management to democratic governance-and offer distinct and unique arguments that challenge the denigration of the different and differing modes of knowing that the West considered "barbaric" and "primitive." This volume therefore constitutes a minimal gesture that further contributes to the ongoing discourse on alternative modes of knowing in Africa.

Medicinal Rule - A Historical Anthropology of Kingship in East and Central Africa (Paperback): Koen Stroeken Medicinal Rule - A Historical Anthropology of Kingship in East and Central Africa (Paperback)
Koen Stroeken
R847 Discovery Miles 8 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As soon as Europeans set foot on African soil, they looked for the equivalents of their kings - and found them. The resulting misunderstandings have lasted until this day. Based on ethnography-driven regional comparison and a critical re-examination of classic monographs on some forty cultural groups, this volume makes the arresting claim that across equatorial Africa the model of rule has been medicine - and not the colonizer's despotic administrator, the missionary's divine king, or Vansina's big man. In a wide area populated by speakers of Bantu and other languages of the Niger-Congo cluster, both cult and dynastic clan draw on the fertility shrine, rainmaking charm and drum they inherit.

The Era of the Martyrs - Remembering the Great Persecution in Late Antique Egypt (Hardcover): Aaltje Hidding The Era of the Martyrs - Remembering the Great Persecution in Late Antique Egypt (Hardcover)
Aaltje Hidding
R3,538 Discovery Miles 35 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the most traumatic experiences of Late Antique Christians was the Great Persecution, begun by Emperor Diocletian and his Tetrarchic colleagues in 303 CE. Here Aaltje Hidding unites research of traditional memory studies with work done by cognitive scientists to examine how they remembered the Persecution. The resulting methodological framework, the 'cognitive ecology', systemically studies all what can be covered by this term - social surroundings, cognitive artefacts and the physical environment - and bridges the gap between individual and collective memory. The author analyses the remembrance of the Persecution in three different regions along the Nile river. In Oxyrhynchus, the thousands of papyrus fragments found at the city's rubbish dump give a vivid image of the martyrs in the daily lives of the Oxyrhynchites. In Antinoopolis, known for the cult of the physician saint Colluthus, she zooms in on the rituals and practices at a martyr's sanctuary. Finally, in Dandara, the rich hagiographical dossier of the anchorite Paphnutius shows how old memories of the Persecution became mixed with new monastic experiences. The Bohairic and Greek Passion of Paphnutius appear in their first complete English translations.

Cairo, City of Art and Commerce (Hardcover, New edition): Gaston Wiet Cairo, City of Art and Commerce (Hardcover, New edition)
Gaston Wiet
R2,550 Discovery Miles 25 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The evolution of the Moslem capital of Cairo is studied beginning with the Arab conquest, which led to the widespread intermingling of peoples on two continents, and ending with the discovery of the route around the Cape of Good Hope, which was to undermine Egypt's active international role. The book is written for people of various interests.

Apartheid and the Making of a Black Psychologist - A memoir (Paperback): N. Chabani Manganyi Apartheid and the Making of a Black Psychologist - A memoir (Paperback)
N. Chabani Manganyi
R380 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Save R29 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This intriguing memoir details in a quiet and restrained manner with what it meant to be a committed black intellectual activist during the apartheid years and beyond. Few autobiographies exploring the 'life of the mind' and the 'history of ideas' have come out of South Africa, and N Chabani Manganyi's reflections on a life engaged with ideas, the psychological and philosophical workings of the mind and the act of writing are a refreshing addition to the genre of life writing. Starting with his rural upbringing in Mavambe, Limpopo, in the 1940s, Manganyi's life story unfolds at a gentle pace, tracing the twists and turns of his journey from humble beginnings to Yale University in the USA. The author details his work as a clinical practitioner and researcher, as a biographer, as an expert witness in defence of opponents of the apartheid regime and, finally, as a leading educationist in Mandela's Cabinet and in the South African academy. Apartheid and the Making of a Black Psychologist is a book about relationships and the fruits of intellectual and creative labour. Manganyi describes how he used his skills as a clinical psychologist to explore lives - both those of the subjects of his biographies and those of the accused for whom he testified in mitigation; his aim always to find a higher purpose and a higher self.

General Labour History of Africa - Workers, Employers and Governments, 20th-21st Centuries (Hardcover): Stefano Bellucci,... General Labour History of Africa - Workers, Employers and Governments, 20th-21st Centuries (Hardcover)
Stefano Bellucci, Andreas Eckert; Contributions by Akua O. Britwum, Andreas Admasie, Andreas Eckert, …
R5,981 Discovery Miles 59 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide. Co-published with the International Labour Organization on the centenary of its founding in 1919, the General Labour History of Africa is a landmark in the study of labour history. It brings, for the first time, an African perspective within a global context to the study of labour and labour relations. The volume analyses key developments in the 20th century, such as the emergence of free wage labour; the transformation in labour relations; the role of capital and employers; labour agency and movements; the growing diversity of formal and informal or precarious labour; the meaning of work; and the impact of gender and age on the workplace. The contributors - eminent historians, anthropologists and social scientists from Africa, Europe and the United States - examine African labour in the context of labour and social issues worldwide: mobility and colonial and postcolonial migration, forced labour, security, the growth of entrepreneurial labour, the informal sector and self-employment, and the impact of trade unionism, welfare and state relations. The book discusses key sectors such as mining, agriculture, industry, transport, domestic work, and sport, tourism and entertainment, as well as the international dimension and the history and impact of the International Labour Organization itself. This authoritative and comprehensive work will be an invaluableresource for historians of labour, social relations and African history. In association with the ILO Regional Office for Africa Stefano Bellucci is senior researcher at the International Institute of SocialHistory, Amsterdam, and lecturer in African History and Economy at Leiden University, the Netherlands; Andreas Eckert is Director of the International Research Centre for Work and the Human Life Cycle in Global History and professor of African history at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Regime Hegemony in Museveni's Uganda - Pax Musevenica (Hardcover, 2007 ed.): J. Rubongoya Regime Hegemony in Museveni's Uganda - Pax Musevenica (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)
J. Rubongoya
R1,436 Discovery Miles 14 360 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is a study of the struggle for the restoration of legitimate power in Uganda following the 1986 National Resistance Army/Movement (NRA/M) liberation battle led by President Yoweri Museveni. This book emphasizes the normative basis for the exercise of power in Uganda reconstruction efforts, tracing a philosophical thread through previous studies of democratization, human rights, and the role of women. "Political Legitimacy in Uganda" addresses the empirical consequences of legitimacy on power relations and how this affects democratization and economic progress.

Deadly Embrace - Morocco and the Road to the Spanish Civil War (Hardcover): Sebastian Balfour Deadly Embrace - Morocco and the Road to the Spanish Civil War (Hardcover)
Sebastian Balfour
R4,405 Discovery Miles 44 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Combining military, political, cultural, social, and oral history, Sebastian Balfour narrates for the first time the development of a brutalised, interventionist army that played a crucial role in the victory of the Francoists in the Spanish Civil War. Spain's new colonial venture in Morocco in the early twentieth-century turned into a bloody war against the tribes resisting the Spanish invasion of their lands. After suffering a succession of heavy military disasters against some of the most accomplished guerrillas in the world, the Spanish army turned to chemical warfare and dropped massive quantities of mustard gas on civilians. Dr Balfour exposes this previously closely guarded secret using evidence from Spanish military archives and from survivors in Morocco. He also narrates the daily life of soldiers in the war as well as the self-images and tensions among the colonial officers. After looking at the motives that drove Moroccans to resist or cooperate with Spain, the author describes the contradictory pictures among Spaniards of Moroccan collaborators and foes. Finally, he examines the Spanish colonial army's response to the Second Republic of 1931-1936 and its brutal march through Spain in the Civil War.

One Way Ticket - Migration and Female Labour (Hardcover): Annie Phizacklea One Way Ticket - Migration and Female Labour (Hardcover)
Annie Phizacklea
R2,655 Discovery Miles 26 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One Way Ticket (1983) examines the 'hidden armies' of migrant women workers who have since the 1950s fulfilled a demand for low-skilled, low paid and insecure work in both the formal and informal economies of Western Europe. It presents a new focus for the examination of labour migration and of the specific character of female employment. It looks at the relationship between motherhood, waged work and ethnicity; the position of a second generation of black women workers; and the oppression and exploitation of migrant women by their male counterparts through the creation of 'ethnic' economies.

The British Imperial Century, 1815-1914 - A World History Perspective (Hardcover, Second Edition): Timothy H. Parsons The British Imperial Century, 1815-1914 - A World History Perspective (Hardcover, Second Edition)
Timothy H. Parsons
R1,918 Discovery Miles 19 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The British Imperial Century provides a concise but comprehensive overview of the formation and administration of the empire from its origins in the early nineteenth century, to its climax at mid-century, to its denouement on the eve of the First World War. Considering the impact of British imperial rule and influence on subject peoples, Timothy H. Parsons explores the themes of cross-cultural social and environmental interaction from a world history perspective. He traces the transition from informal to formal empire, which broadened and intensified Britain's relations with Asia, Africa, and the western hemisphere. The establishment of extensive colonies and protectorates in Africa, the occupation of Egypt, the declaration of the Raj in India, and increased economic and political intervention in Latin America and in the Chinese and Ottoman empires brought ever-larger numbers of non-European peoples and cultures under either the influence or direct authority of the British Crown. By considering British imperialism through the lens of world history, Parsons moves beyond questions of Britain's motives in acquiring more territory to ask how it was able to acquire such an empire. As a global network of exchanges, the British Empire linked disparate regions in series of distinct but overlapping exchanges. This new "second" British Empire was also extremely fragile. Lacking the ability hold these possessions by force alone, empire builders needed to win the cooperation of at least a segment of the subject population. By co-opting and adapting the values and customs of their subjects imperial rulers strengthened their authority and legitimacy, but in doing so produced a hybrid culture that was largely British in style but not entirely British in substance. An ambitious and thoughtful contribution, The British Imperial Century will be invaluable for courses on world history and European history and as a supplement for courses on African, Asian, British, and Middle Eastern history.

Apartheid - A Documentary Study of Modern South Africa (Hardcover): Edgar H. Brookes Apartheid - A Documentary Study of Modern South Africa (Hardcover)
Edgar H. Brookes
R2,809 Discovery Miles 28 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Originally published in 1968, this volume traces the history and growth of Apartheid in South Africa. The acts which enforced Apartheid - the Group Areas Act, Population and Registration Act are given in full. The book also includes documents which reflected reaction to these measures: Parliamentary debates, newspaper reports and policy statements by the leading political parties and religious denominations. The documents are headed by a full historical and analytical introduction.

Children Enslaved (Hardcover): Roger Sawyer Children Enslaved (Hardcover)
Roger Sawyer
R3,232 Discovery Miles 32 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Children Enslaved, first published in 1988, reveals the full extent of child slavery throughout the world. By personal investigation in regions where slavery still prevails, and with extensive research into documentation provided by international organizations defending children's rights, the author gives the most comprehensive assessment available of contemporary child slavery. He describes both persisting traditional forms of child exploitation and modern abuses and deprivations of freedom, including child migrant workers and those involved in the manufacturing industry, and the desolate world of child pornography and sexual exploitation.

Slavery in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover): Roger Sawyer Slavery in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
Roger Sawyer
R3,235 Discovery Miles 32 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Slavery in the Twentieth Century, first published in 1986, draws together all the forms of slavery in their modern guises - in the far recesses of Africa and Arabia, in the industrial towns of Italy, the factories and mines of South America, and in the prison farms of the United States. It shows that the definition of slavery is changing in the modern world, as it accommodates new forms of servitude and exploitation.

Out of Slavery - Abolition and After (Hardcover): Jack Hayward Out of Slavery - Abolition and After (Hardcover)
Jack Hayward
R3,226 Discovery Miles 32 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Out of Slavery, first published in 1985, is a series of articles commissioned on the 150 year anniversary of William Wilberforce's death and the Act of Parliament abolishing British slavery in 1833. With the background from which the history of slavery was viewed being radically changed, with decolonisation, the advancement of Human Rights, the economic and social consequences of what was done, and left undone, by the Abolitionists and Emancipators and of the situations which they faced. This book offers a broad reappraisal on slavery and freedom from slavery as they can now be seen, and of the contribution and personality of the Abolitionists, particularly of their leader and spokesman William Wilberforce.

Networks of Dissolution - Somalia Undone (Paperback): Anna Simons Networks of Dissolution - Somalia Undone (Paperback)
Anna Simons
R1,244 Discovery Miles 12 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book aims to analyze the making of a pivotal moment in Somali history. It charts new ground in the study of the dissolution of a state at all levels, shuttling back and forth between micro and macro frames, historical and everyday practices, and expatriate and Somali experiences. .

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