The rhetorical origins of apartheid : how the debates of the Natives Representative Council, 1937-1950, shaped South African racial policy /

Roth, Mia, 1940-

The rhetorical origins of apartheid : how the debates of the Natives Representative Council, 1937-1950, shaped South African racial policy / Mia Roth. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2016. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part One. The Natives Representative Council -- The formation of the Natives Representative Council -- Natives Representative Council elections, 1937/1948 -- How the council functioned -- Members of the Natives Representative Council -- Part Two. Speeches of the councilors -- Introduction to the speeches -- Education -- Rural issues -- Urban issues -- Taxes -- Wages -- Trade unions -- Social welfare -- Pass laws.

"The speeches of the Natives Representative Council are published here for the first time, along with discussion of the Council's elections, its members and the white government who used the NRC's rhetoric to its own ends"--



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South Africa. Natives Representative Council --History--20th century.
South Africa. Natives Representative Council --History--20th century--Sources.


Debates and debating--History--South Africa--20th century.
Political oratory--History--South Africa--20th century.
Rhetoric--Political aspects--History--South Africa--20th century.
Racism--Political aspects--History--South Africa--20th century.
Apartheid--History--South Africa--20th century.


Electronic Books.

DT1928 / .R448 2016