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The struggle for power in twentieth-century South Africa has most often been told as a struggle between the black and white populations and of their competing visions for the future. But alongside this struggle was a struggle between the center and the periphery, and a competition for control over local resources in the here and now. By plotting Cradock's history along both these axes, Butler has produced a text rich in insight and with conclusions on the changing dynamics of state power that extend far beyond this small locale. --African Studies Quarterly [T]his elegantly written volume provides much food for thought. Above all, its detail and the depth of the research gives us fresh insights into the importance of local history, for this careful study makes us recognise that close observation may lead us to modify our generalisations. --Bulletin of the National Library of South Africa This elegantly written volume provides much food for thought. Above all, its detail and the depth of the research gives us fresh insights into the importance of local history, for this careful study makes us recognise that close observation may lead us to modify our generalizations. --Bulletin of the National Library of South Africa A fine microstudy of South Africa's transition from segregation to apartheid, this detailed case study of what happened in one small town throws important light on the trajectory of the country as a whole. --Chris Saunders, University of Cape Town; author of The Making of the South African Past: Historians on Race and Class

The struggle for power in twentieth-century South Africa has most often been told as a struggle between the black and white populations and of their competing visions for the future. But alongside this struggle was a struggle between the center and the periphery, and a competition for control over local resources in the here and now. By plotting Cradock's history along both these axes, Butler has produced a text rich in insight and with conclusions on the changing dynamics of state power that extend far beyond this small locale. --African Studies Quarterly This elegantly written volume provides much food for thought. Above all, its detail and the depth of the research gives us fresh insights into the importance of local history, for this careful study makes us recognise that close observation may lead us to modify our generalizations. --Bulletin of the National Library of South Africa [T]his elegantly written volume provides much food for thought. Above all, its detail and the depth of the research gives us fresh insights into the importance of local history, for this careful study makes us recognise that close observation may lead us to modify our generalisations. --Bulletin of the National Library of South Africa A fine microstudy of South Africa's transition from segregation to apartheid, this detailed case study of what happened in one small town throws important light on the trajectory of the country as a whole. --Chris Saunders, University of Cape Town; author of The Making of the South African Past: Historians on Race and Class

A fine microstudy of South Africa's transition from segregation to apartheid, this detailed case study of what happened in one small town throws important light on the trajectory of the country as a whole. --Chris Saunders, University of Cape Town; author of The Making of the South African Past: Historians on Race and Class

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The late Jeffrey Butler, Professor of History Emeritus at Wesleyan University and esteemed historian of southern Africa, was the author of The Liberal Party and the Jameson Raid. Richard Elphick is Professor of History at Wesleyan University. The late Jeannette Hopkins was Director of the Wesleyan University Press.

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