03593nam 22008655 450 991095658800332120240322073252.0978134933839913493383979781137316578113731657810.1057/9781137316578(CKB)2550000001179686(EBL)1588772(SSID)ssj0001080411(PQKBManifestationID)11667813(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001080411(PQKBWorkID)11087038(PQKB)10010223(DE-He213)978-1-137-31657-8(OCoLC)867636219(MiAaPQ)EBC1588772(Perlego)3486509(EXLCZ)99255000000117968620151126d2013 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChinese Labour in South Africa, 1902-10 Race, Violence, and Global Spectacle /by R. Bright1st ed. 2013.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2013.1 online resource (277 p.)Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1641Description based upon print version of record.9780230303775 0230303773 9781306285742 1306285747 Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-261) and index.1. Chinese Migration and "White" Networks, c.1850-1902 -- 2. The Transvaal Labour 'Problem" and the Chinese Solution -- 3. Greater Britain in South Africa : Colonial Nationalisms and Imperial Networks -- 4. A Question of Honour : slavery, sovereignty and the legal framework -- 5. Sex, Violence and the Chinese : The 1905-6 Moral Panic -- 6. Adapting the Stereotype : Race and Administrative Control -- 7. Political Repercussions -- Conclusion: Racializing Empire -- Appendix A: List of Key Figures.This book explores the decision of the British Empire to import Chinese labour to southern Africa despite the already tense racial situation in the region. It enables a clearer understanding of racial and political developments in southern Africa during the reconstruction period and places localised issues within a wider historiography.Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1641CivilizationHistoryAfricaHistoryGreat BritainHistoryImperialismEmigration and immigrationSocial historyCultural HistoryAfrican HistoryHistory of Britain and IrelandImperialism and ColonialismHuman MigrationSocial HistoryCivilizationHistory.AfricaHistory.Great BritainHistory.Imperialism.Emigration and immigration.Social history.Cultural History.African History.History of Britain and Ireland.Imperialism and Colonialism.Human Migration.Social History.305.895/1068HIS001040HIS008000HIS015000HIS037070HIS054000bisacshBright Rauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1792476BOOK9910956588003321Chinese Labour in South Africa, 1902-104331129UNINA