The White Tribe of Africa: South Africa in Perspective

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University of California Press, Jan 1, 1982 - Political Science - 307 pages
To their many detractors, Afrikaners are impractical, wild-eyed, racist fanatics. To their less numerous supporters, they are fervent anti-Communist crusaders, safeguarding stability and progress at the tip of the 'dark continent'. These strongly held, politically charged, and incompatible views make it virtually impossible for outsiders to distance themselves sufficiently, both intellectually and psychologically, from the situation in South Africa to achieve any real understanding of the Afrikaner's world-view. In this basically non-judgmental book, David Harrison offers the general public badly needed insights into how and why Afrikaners see the world as they do. This work goes a long way towards substituting understanding for invective.
 

Contents

Chapter 2
25
Chapter 4
48
Chapter 6
65
Chapter 13
66
Nothing but a cultural society
84
Chapter 8
103
Chapter 10
123
Chapter 11
140
Chapter 14
182
Chapter 16
198
Chapter 17
211
Chapter 18
227
Chapter 19
247
Chapter 20
261
Chapter 21
279
Picture Credits
294

Chapter 12
154
Good fences make good neighbours
169

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