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South West Africa

Title: South West Africa / Ruth First.
Author: First, Ruth, 1925-1982.
Publication: Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1963.

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Description

269 pages : maps; 19 cm

Summary

A concise yet comprehensive survey of the reasons why South West Africa (now Namibia) is a vital area of the African continent. The author traces the course of over eighty years' economic and political exploitation of the African population by a succession of white powers, from the original British and Dutch traders to the Nationalist regime begun in 1948. She argues that the ironic tragedy whereby a League of Nations mandate became an instrument of oppression may yet become a source of hope.

Series Statement

Penguin African library ; AP10

Uniform Title

Penguin African library ; AP10.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 255-261.

Contents

Introduction: the bare bones of conflict -- Part one: The antagonists. The servants ; The masters -- Part two: The heavy hand of history. Explorers and elephant hunters, missionaries and traders ; The old colonialism under Germany -- Part three: The lean years of the mandate. White Man's war ; Sacred trust ; Punitive expeditions ; Land rush ; The tribes retreat -- Part four: The score -- in black and white. The wrong side of the line ; The dignity of labour ; "You are a black spot" ; Wealth accumulates, but men decay -- Part five: The world as referee. The League of Nations: on the Geneva carpet ; The United Nations: retreat from the twentieth century ; Points of law ; How the people organized ; Sharpeville and the sixties -- Part six: Next round? Appendixes: What is protection? ; Table of land ownership ; Table of white settlement ; Foreign investment in South West Africa ; Education in South West Africa.

LCCN

64002821

OCLC

ocm00237090
237090
SCSB-143231

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library