The Politics of Race in Britain and South Africa: Black British Solidarity and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle

by Elizabeth Williams and Elizabeth Williams

Book Overview

The postwar government of South Africa, led by H.F. Verwoerd, implemented wide-ranging racial segregation laws, beginning the open policy of apartheid in one of Africa's most prosperous and internationally influential states. During the apartheid era, the British government faced an uneasy dilemma: while repudiating apartheid laws it maintained an ambiguous stance towards the South African government. As black South Africans were reduced to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784539740
• ISBN13: 9781784539740
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"