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Libby, Ronald T., The Politics of Economic Power in Southern Africa . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987, xxii, 361 pp., $45.00 (cloth), $14.50 (paper).

Libby, Ronald T., The Politics of Economic Power in Southern Africa . Princeton: Princeton... BOOK REVIEWS of black workers from the colonial empire started slowly during World War II. By 1950 the black population reached 30,000. By 1959 it had increased to 336,000. The Institute of Race Relations was officially established in 1958. The creation of this organization was partly the result of a reluctant realization of the permanent presence of Africans in English society and a concern "to adapt to the rapidly changing postcolonial world order in which race and racism were seen as a potentially destabilizing dimension" (p. 196). The cultural approach of Race and Empire based on a historical interpretation is a great methodological plus for this work. This approach has been neglected by sociologists. However, no attention is given by the author to the origin or at least to a background history of the "colour problem" in British thought prior to the focal period (1890s to 1960s) of concern in the study. Since Race and Empire relies on a historical interpretation of the beliefs and ideas of race, this notion becomes even more imperative. The initial presence of Africans in England goes back to 1554. During the 1560s the slave trader, John Hawkins took several hundreds of Africans http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) Brill

Libby, Ronald T., The Politics of Economic Power in Southern Africa . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987, xxii, 361 pp., $45.00 (cloth), $14.50 (paper).

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© Copyright 1989 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0021-9096
eISSN
1568-5217
DOI
10.1163/15685217-90007237
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Abstract

BOOK REVIEWS of black workers from the colonial empire started slowly during World War II. By 1950 the black population reached 30,000. By 1959 it had increased to 336,000. The Institute of Race Relations was officially established in 1958. The creation of this organization was partly the result of a reluctant realization of the permanent presence of Africans in English society and a concern "to adapt to the rapidly changing postcolonial world order in which race and racism were seen as a potentially destabilizing dimension" (p. 196). The cultural approach of Race and Empire based on a historical interpretation is a great methodological plus for this work. This approach has been neglected by sociologists. However, no attention is given by the author to the origin or at least to a background history of the "colour problem" in British thought prior to the focal period (1890s to 1960s) of concern in the study. Since Race and Empire relies on a historical interpretation of the beliefs and ideas of race, this notion becomes even more imperative. The initial presence of Africans in England goes back to 1554. During the 1560s the slave trader, John Hawkins took several hundreds of Africans

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Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies)Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1989

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