South Africa & India : shaping the global South / edited by Isabel Hofmeyr and Michelle Williams.

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TextPublication details: Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2011.Description: viii, 328 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781868145386
1868145387

Other title:

South Africa and India

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DDC classification:

954 22 SOU

LOC classification:

DT1805.I4 S68 2011

Contents:

Introduction: South Africa-India : historical connections, cultural circulations and socio-political comparisons / Isabel Hofmeyr and Michelle Williams -- Part.1. Historical connections. 1. Gandhi's printing press : Indian Ocean print cultures and cosmopolitanisms / Isabel Hofmeyr -- 2. Steamship empire : Asian, African and British sailors in the Merchant Marine c. 1880-1945 / Jonathan Hyslop -- 3. The interlocking worlds of the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa and India / Pradip Kumar Datta -- 4. The disquieting of history : Portuguese (de)colonisation and Goan migration in the India Ocean / Pamila Gupta -- 5. Monty ... meets Gandhi ... meets Mandela : the dilemma of non-violent resisters in South Africa, 1940-60 / Goolam Vahed --

Part.2. Socio-political comparisons. 6. Renaissances, African and modern : Gandhi as a resource? / Crain Soudien -- 7. Democratic deepening in India and South Africa / Patrick Heller -- 8. Local democracy in Indian and South African cities : a comparative literature review / Claire Bénit-Gbaffou and Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal -- 9. Reimagining socialist futures in South Africa and Kerala, India / Michelle Williams -- 10. Labour, migrancy and urbanisation in South Africa and India, 1900-60 / Phil Bonner -- Conclusion: Cricket ethics : reflections on a South African-Indian politics of virture / Eric Worby.

Summary: "[The book] traces the rich range of historical connections between ... [South Africa and India] and explores unconventional comparisons that offer new ground on which to build areas of study. By highlighting varied and similar experiences, the book offers new approaches for researching transnational histories; innovative methods for undertaking comparative research in the global South; an understanding of the significance of the Indian Ocean as a strategic and analytical arena; and interesting and uncommon areas of research such as lascars (black sailors), print culture, civic virtue, political citizenship and labour migrancy."--Back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Learning Resource Centre	954 SOU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		8209

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-317) and index.

Introduction: South Africa-India : historical connections, cultural circulations and socio-political comparisons / Isabel Hofmeyr and Michelle Williams --
Part.1. Historical connections.
1. Gandhi's printing press : Indian Ocean print cultures and cosmopolitanisms / Isabel Hofmeyr --
2. Steamship empire : Asian, African and British sailors in the Merchant Marine c. 1880-1945 / Jonathan Hyslop --
3. The interlocking worlds of the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa and India / Pradip Kumar Datta --
4. The disquieting of history : Portuguese (de)colonisation and Goan migration in the India Ocean / Pamila Gupta --
5. Monty ... meets Gandhi ... meets Mandela : the dilemma of non-violent resisters in South Africa, 1940-60 / Goolam Vahed --

Part.2. Socio-political comparisons.
6. Renaissances, African and modern : Gandhi as a resource? / Crain Soudien --
7. Democratic deepening in India and South Africa / Patrick Heller --
8. Local democracy in Indian and South African cities : a comparative literature review / Claire Bénit-Gbaffou and Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal --
9. Reimagining socialist futures in South Africa and Kerala, India / Michelle Williams --
10. Labour, migrancy and urbanisation in South Africa and India, 1900-60 / Phil Bonner --
Conclusion: Cricket ethics : reflections on a South African-Indian politics of virture / Eric Worby.

"[The book] traces the rich range of historical connections between ... [South Africa and India] and explores unconventional comparisons that offer new ground on which to build areas of study. By highlighting varied and similar experiences, the book offers new approaches for researching transnational histories; innovative methods for undertaking comparative research in the global South; an understanding of the significance of the Indian Ocean as a strategic and analytical arena; and interesting and uncommon areas of research such as lascars (black sailors), print culture, civic virtue, political citizenship and labour migrancy."--Back cover.

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