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    Race and class in the South African countryside: Cultural osmosis and social relations in the sharecropping economy of the south-western Transvaal, 1900-1950
    (1988-08) Van Onselen, Charles
    'Race relations' in the South African countryside have never made for a particularly pretty picture. Several recent studies, including, for example, a finely etched portrait of the notorious Abel Erasmus have served to remind us that the birth pangs of commercial agriculture in the Transvaal during the late 19th century were characterised by considerable violence between white landowners and black tenants (1). Nor did matters improve significantly over the half century that followed. In the course of an exceptionally sensitive study of black protest on the land during the late twenties it is suggested that: ' . . .fists, whips and guns were central in maintaining master-servant relationships on farms' (2). And, while writing what was the classic work of its genre in the mid-thirties, I.D. MacCrone was moved to comment on 'cases of violent physical treatment which are such a feature of the relations between white and black in country districts' (3).
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    The Indian contribution to the development of the history of South Africa.
    (1974-08) Pachai, Bridglal
    The historical context of time, place and circumstances helps to place the Indian factor in South African history in perspective. Within this context it is possible to periodize as well as to characterize this factor so as to identify its outstanding features in a convenient and meaningful way. The periods as well as their outstanding features may be listed as follows; 1860-1902, arrival and settlement; 1902-1910, beginnings of political mobilization; 1910-1924, a place in the new unified state; 1924-1948, an appeal to internal and external diplomacy; 1948—1974, accommodation on the basis of a permanent stake in the country. The chronology represents landmarks in South African history which were neither shaped nor influenced by the Indian factor which has always been limited by relative numerical insignificance as well as by economic and political restrictions. The first period ended with the establishment of British paramountcy; the second with the creation of Union; the third with the advent of Hertzogism and Afrikaner ascendancy; the fourth with the appearance of the Nationalist doctrine of Apartheid and the last with the contemporary scene of the balkanization of the South African peoples and polities.