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UNINA9910787768703321 |
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Klotz Audie <1962-> |
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Migration and national identity in South Africa, 1860-2010 / / Audie Klotz [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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1-139-89215-0 |
1-107-46113-8 |
1-107-45913-3 |
1-107-46493-5 |
1-107-47204-0 |
1-107-46842-6 |
1-139-20874-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Immigrants - Violence against - South Africa |
Xenophobia - South Africa |
Migration, Internal - Africa |
South Africa Emigration and immigration Social aspects |
South Africa Ethnic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Historiographies of migration -- Asians and the ambiguity of imperial subjecthood -- Apartheid and the dilemma of African citizenship -- Refugees and the post-apartheid paradox of rights -- The end of exceptionalism. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An extraordinary outbreak of xenophobic violence in May 2008 shocked South Africa, but hostility toward newcomers has a long history. Democratization has channeled such discontent into a non-racial nationalism that specifically targets foreign Africans as a threat to prosperity. Finding suitable governmental and societal responses requires a better understanding of the complex legacies of segregation that underpin current immigration policies and practices. Unfortunately, conventional wisdoms of path dependency promote |
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