Workers, War & the Origins of Apartheid Labour & Politics in South Arica, 1939-48
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr
- Publish date: 03/01/2000
Description:
This book provides a significant revision of South African labor history and makes an important contribution to the debate about apartheid's genesis. Using a range of untapped sources, it shows that there was far more strike action during World War II than has been officially acknowledged. A new working class, sometimes organized into multiracial unions, won improved wages and softened racial prejudice among white workers.
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Contradicting earlier accounts, this study demonstrates that wartime mechanization and black advancement into semi-skilled positions were limited and cannot explain subsequent support for apartheid.
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