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Chinese Labour in South Africa, 1902-10

Race, Violence, and Global Spectacle

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  • © 2013

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  1. Rachel K. Bright
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Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies (CIPCSS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Rachel K. Bright
    Pages 1-7

  3. Chinese Migration and ‘White’ Networks, c.1850–1902

    • Rachel K. Bright
    Pages 8-21

  4. The Transvaal Labour ‘Problem’ and the Chinese Solution

    • Rachel K. Bright
    Pages 22-37

  5. Greater Britain in South Africa: Colonial Nationalisms and Imperial Networks

    • Rachel K. Bright
    Pages 38-69

  6. A Question of Honour: Slavery, Sovereignty, and the Legal Framework

    • Rachel K. Bright
    Pages 70-94

  7. Sex, Violence, and the Chinese: The 1905–06 Moral Panic

    • Rachel K. Bright
    Pages 95-140

  8. Adapting the Stereotype: Race and Administrative Control

    • Rachel K. Bright
    Pages 141-159

  9. Political Repercussions: Self-Government Revisited

    • Rachel K. Bright
    Pages 160-184

  10. Conclusion: Racialising Empire

    • Rachel K. Bright
    Pages 185-190

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 191-266
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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.

About the author

Rachel Bright is Lecturer in Modern History at Keele University, UK. Previously she was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of East Anglia, and has taught at the London School of Economics and Goldsmith's College, London. Bright completed her PhD at King's College London in 2009 and before that, was Programme Manager for scholarships at The Fulbright Commission.

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