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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Plaut, Martin (1950-....)
Titre(s) : Promise and despair [Texte imprimé] : the first struggle for a non-racial South Africa / Martin Plaut
Publication : Athens (Ohio) : Ohio University Press, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-254 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 237-244. Index
"The struggle for freedom in South Africa goes back a long way. In 1909, a remarkable
interracial delegation of South Africans traveled to London to lobby for a non-racialized
constitution and franchise for all. Among their allies was Mahatma Gandhi, who later
encapsulated lessons from the experience in his most important book, Hind Swaraj.
Though the mission failed, the London debates were critical to the formation of the
African National Congress in 1912. With impeccable storytelling and rich character
depictions, Martin Plaut describes the early quest for black franchise and the seeds
it planted for a new South Africa. While most people believe that black South Africans
obtained the right to vote in 1994, men of races voted in the Cape Colony for almost
a century, sometimes deciding election outcomes. The London mission was part of a
long history of nonwhite political agency. Taking as its centerpiece the 1909 delegation,
Promise and Despair covers the twelve years between the South African War and the
First World War, during which the major forces that would shape the twentieth-century
South Africa would be forged. Plaut reveals new details of the close collaboration
between Gandhi and the ANC leadership during the Indian-South African community's
struggle for their rights. He also provides an insight into the powerful influence
the American South had on South African racial practices, and the workings of the
Imperial system."--Publisher' description
Sujet(s) : Politique et gouvernement -- Afrique du Sud -- 1836-1909
Politique et gouvernement -- Afrique du Sud -- 1909-1948
Noirs -- Droits -- Afrique du Sud -- 1900-1945
Indice(s) Dewey :
968.049 (23e éd.) = Histoire - République d'Afrique du Sud - 1902-1910
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780821422755. - ISBN 0821422758. - ISBN 0821422766. - ISBN 9780821422762. -
ISBN 9780821446065 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb466161844
Notice n° :
FRBNF46616184
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Setting sail ; South Africa's troubled century ; Scorched earth and broken promises
; From war to Union ; London: friends and allies ; London: campaigning for non-racialism
; London: the parliamentary struggle ; London: Gandhi's campaign ; 'The blow has
fallen': the reality of Union ; Gandhi: defeat and victory ; Aftermath: the road
to war ; Conclusion ; Appendix: franchise timeline.
