A unique overview of the whole 350-year history of South Africaa s racial order, from the mid-seventeenth century to the apartheid era. Maylam periodizes this racial order, drawing out its main phases and highlighting the significant turning points. He also analyzes the dynamics of South African white racism, exploring the key forces and factors that brought about and perpetuated oppressive, discriminatory policies, practices, structures, laws and attitudes. There is also a strong historiographical dimension to the study. It shows how various writers have, from different perspectives,...
A unique overview of the whole 350-year history of South Africaa s racial order, from the mid-seventeenth century to the apartheid era. Maylam periodi...