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OverviewThis book examines the dark odyssey of official and private collective violence against the rural African population and Africans in general during the two generations before apartheid became the primary justification for the existence of the South African state. John Higginson discusses how Africans fought back against the entire spectrum of violence ranged against them, demonstrating just how contingent apartheid was on the struggle to hijack the future of the African majority. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Higginson (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.700kg ISBN: 9781107046481ISBN 10: 1107046483 Pages: 410 Publication Date: 24 November 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPart I. The Ashes of Defeat: 1. Introduction; 2. The etiology of guerrilla organization in the western Transvaal, July 1900 to December 1902; 3. Peonage or empire?: the reconstruction of white supremacy; 4. Milnerism, the Chinese labor experiment, and the advent of Het Volk; Part II. Sidestepping the King's Writ: 5. Ministering to the dry bones of white supremacy: from union and the 1913 Natives Land Act to the 1914 rebellion; 6. A glass brimming over: the failed 1914 rebellion in Rustenburg and Marico; 7. Turbulent cities, smoldering countryside, 1914–22; 8. After the rebellion, before the pact, 1919–24; Part III. A Hoofdliere or Boere Republic?: 9. The pact, the depression, and the stillborn republic, 1924–33; 10. A thousand little Hoofdlier, 1934–48; Epilogue.ReviewsAdvance praise: 'From the epochal devastation of the South African War to the tyrannies of neo-fascists, Collective Violence and the Agrarian Origins of South African Apartheid, 1900-1948 explores the role of violence in the making of white supremacy. Higginson guides us through the transformation of South Africa's rural worlds, the anxieties and turmoil that consumed people's lives, and the violence that has profoundly shaped the country's history. Richly researched and closely argued, this timely book is an important reminder of a not-too-distant past, and of the troubling violence in South Africa today.' Clifton Crais, Emory University Advance praise: 'John Higginson has given us a fast-paced and engaging history of the way in which agrarian policy, poverty, war, gender, and age play intersecting roles in the creation and spread of violence. Carefully researched and thoughtfully argued, the text brings us into the inner lives of politicians, poor whites, African smallholders, and British imperialists, showing how and why they came to see violence as the most effective way to solve a range of tactical political problems. Higginson sheds new light on the roots of political violence in South Africa, and his work is a must-read for policy makers, scholars, and activists who want to understand the roots of violence in the past in order to find ways to prevent it in the future.' Zine Magubane, Boston College Advance praise: 'How are nations carved from empires, and then made and remade? This deeper question drives John Higginson's magisterial account of the South African experience from the imperial war of 1899-1902 to the rise of apartheid in 1948. Recondite of research, adroit of argument, tantalizing of telling, and passionate of spirit - for his is not a dispassionate subject - Higginson's book is indispensable for appreciating Mandela's South Africa. A monument to South African and African historical studies.' Michael West, Binghamton University Author InformationJohn Higginson is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is also a research Fellow in the College of Human Sciences and the department of history at the University of South Africa in Pretoria, South Africa. He is the author of A Working Class in the Making: Belgian Colonial Labor Policy, Private Enterprise and the African Mineworker, 1907–1951 (1989). He has written numerous articles and book chapters on South Africa and the regional economic system of southern Africa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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