White, Poor and Angry

White Working Class Families in Johannesburg
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-72666-6
Verlag: Taylor and Francis

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

This title was first published in 2003. A fascinating insight into the economic, social and political processes that shaped the lives of white workers in Johannesburg between the beginning of deep level mining (c. 1890) and the 1922 Rand Revolt miners' strike. The book examines four related topics: the formation of working class families, working class accommodation, the constitution of social networks in the working class neighbourhoods and the political and ideological aspects of white workers' unemployment. The main argument presented here is that the class experience of white workers in Johannesburg had a very important role in fostering a sense of community between English and Afrikaner workers and their families. It is this sense of community that plays an important part in understanding the solidarity that emerged between English and Afrikaner workers during the 1922 Rand Revolt.

Autoren/Hrsg.

LANGE

Lange, Lis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Class experience, class consciousness and white working class identity in South African historiography; The emergence of the South African white working class in Johannesburg, 1890-1906; The political economy of white working class housing in Johannesburg, 1890-1906; White working class housing and the emergence of the urban problem in Johannesburg, 1907-1922; White workers' daily life in Johannesburg, 1890-1922; The ideological construction of the poor white problem, 1890-1922; The making of the white working class in Johannesburg, 1890-1922; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Lange, Lis