White rising : the 1922 insurrection and racial killing in South Africa

Author(s)

• Krikler, Jeremy

Bibliographic Information

White rising : the 1922 insurrection and racial killing in South Africa

Jeremy Krikler

Manchester University Press, 2005

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In the summer of 1922, the heart of South Africa was wracked by industrial strife, racial killing and insurrection. This book reconstructs the extraordinary events of that year - the year of the Rand Revolt. Through an examination of the organisation and activities, the hopes and fears, of ordinary people, the book analyses the sources of rebellion and racial killing. It explores what white men and women invested in their racial identity, and how this was destabilized by threats to their livelihoods and sense of citizenship. The consequences were brutal, even pathological. White Rising immerses the reader in tragic and dramatic times, when workers rose against their employers and the state, and when black people were hunted through the streets. Engaging and forcefully written, this book powerfully illuminates the Rand Revolt. It will appeal to those interested in twentieth century South Africa and to those seeking to understand racial violence and identity. -- .

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements and regrets Archival sources List of images and their sources Map 1 Map 2 Introduction Part I: Forms and sources of militancy 1. The road to 1922 2. The Commandos 3. Women and the Rand Revolt 4. Hopes and fears 5. The racial killings Part II: Rebellion 6. The path to rebellion 7. The Insurrection: an account 8. The Insurrection: an excavation 9. The crushing of the rising Epilogue -- .

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Details

• NCID: BA74008206
• ISBN:
  • 0719068444
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Manchester ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 405 p., [19] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm