Promise and despair : The first struggle for a non-racial South Africa

Plaut, Martin

Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd（2016/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781431423750
• DDC分類 968.049

Full Description

Most people believe that black South Africans obtained the vote for the first time in 1994. In fact, for almost a century suitably qualified black people had enjoyed the vote in the Cape and Natal, and in certain constituencies had decided the outcome of parliamentary elections. Little wonder, then, that when the first South Africa came about in 1910, black people were keen to see the principle of non-racialism entrenched in the constitution that was drawn up for the new Union. This is the story of that struggle. Its centrepiece is a lively account of the delegation that travelled to London in mid-1909 to lobby for a non-racial constitution.

Contents

1: Setting sail; 2: South Africa's troubled century; 3: Scorched earth and broken promises; 4: From war to Union; 5: London: Friends and allies; 6: London: Campaigning for non-racialism; 7: London: The parliamentary struggle; 8: London: Gandhi's campaign; 9: 'The blow has fallen': The reality of Union; 10: Gandhi: Defeat and victory; 11: Aftermath: The road to war; 12: Conclusion.