PART I-INTRODUCTION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, I. THE APPROACH, II. THE CAPE COLOURED PEOPLE, PART II-PATTERNS OF DIFFERENTIATION AND DISCRIMINATION, III. POLITICS, IV. THE LAW AND ITS ADMINISTRATION, V. ECONOMIC LIFE, VI. SOCIAL SERVICES, VII. SOCIAL LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS, PART III-THE PRESENT SITUATION, VIII. THE CAPE COLOURED PEOPLE-INTERNAL STRUCTURE, IX. THE CAPE COLOURED PEOPLE WITHIN THE LARGER STRUCTURE, NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, APPENDICES A-Y, INDEX