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008 110928s2011 sa b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011509012
020 $a9781868145386
020 $a1868145387
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn732597275
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050 00 $aDT1805.I4$bS68 2011
082 04 $a954$a968$222
245 00 $aSouth Africa & India :$bshaping the global South /$cedited by Isabel Hofmeyr and Michelle Williams.
246 3 $aSouth Africa and India
260 $aJohannesburg :$bWits University Press,$c2011.
300 $aviii, 328 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"[The book] traces the rich range of historical connections between ... [South Africa and India] and explores unconventional comparisons that offer new ground on which to build areas of study. By highlighting varied and similar experiences, the book offers new approaches for researching transnational histories; innovative methods for undertaking comparative research in the global South; an understanding of the significance of the Indian Ocean as a strategic and analytical arena; and interesting and uncommon areas of research such as lascars (black sailors), print culture, civic virtue, political citizenship and labour migrancy."--Back cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 290-317) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: South Africa-India : historical connections, cultural circulations and socio-political comparisons / Isabel Hofmeyr and Michelle Williams -- Historical connections. Gandhi's printing press : Indian Ocean print cultures and cosmopolitanisms / Isabel Hofmeyr -- Steamship empire : Asian, African and British sailors in the Merchant Marine c. 1880-1945 / Jonathan Hyslop -- The interlocking worlds of the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa and India / Pradip Kumar Datta -- The disquieting of history : Portuguese (de)colonisation and Goan migration in the India Ocean / Pamila Gupta -- Monty ... meets Gandhi ... meets Mandela : the dilemma of non-violent resisters in South Africa, 1940-60 / Goolam Vahed --
505 0 $aSocio-political comparisons. Renaissances, African and modern : Gandhi as a resource? / Crain Soudien -- Democratic deepening in India and South Africa / Patrick Heller -- Local democracy in Indian and South African cities : a comparative literature review / Claire Bénit-Gbaffou and Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal -- Reimagining socialist futures in South Africa and Kerala, India / Michelle Williams -- Labour, migrancy and urbanisation in South Africa and India, 1900-60 / Phil Bonner -- Conclusion: Cricket ethics : reflections on a South African-Indian politics of virture / Eric Worby.
651 0 $aSouth Africa$xRelations$zIndia.
651 0 $aIndia$xRelations$zSouth Africa.
651 0 $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aIndia$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aIndian Ocean Region.
700 1 $aHofmeyr, Isabel.
700 1 $aWilliams, Michelle,$d1969-