A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1972

A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa provides a detailed account of apartheid-era politics, law, and society, covering developments from 1972. It includes information on white political parties, Coloured and Indian representative councils, Black Consciousness organizations, homelands, state security measures, trials, church resistance, student movements, and censorship. The survey offers a comprehensive view of apartheid's apparatus and the opposition and dissent it faced. It remains a critical historical record of apartheid's institutional machinery and the complex interplay between repression and resistance during a pivotal moment in South Africa's twentieth-century history.

Format: Hardback
Length: 490 pages
Publication date: 27 May 2022
Publisher: University of California Press

A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa, compiled by the South African Institute of Race Relations, provides a detailed year-by-year chronicle of apartheid-era politics, law, and society. Covering developments in 1972, the volume documents shifts across white political parties, debates within the Coloured and Indian representative councils, and the growth of Black Consciousness organizations. It details the policies of the homelands, state security measures, and trials under repressive laws, while also tracing church resistance, student movements, and the tightening grip of censorship. Through its structured presentation of legislation, population data, and official policy, the survey captures the apparatus of apartheid alongside emerging forms of opposition and dissent.

What sets the survey apart is its comprehensive breadth, ranging from by-elections and Afrikaner nationalist secret societies to grassroots trade union efforts, church-state conflict, and the international dimensions of South Africa's isolation. With appendices cataloging legislation and statistical tables, the volume became a vital annual reference for journalists, scholars, and activists alike. Today, it remains a critical historical record of apartheid's institutional machinery, the contested terrain of race relations, and the complex interplay between repression and resistance at a pivotal moment in South Africa's twentieth-century history.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates the University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

Weight: 907g
Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520363557