num_pages: 302
description: A study of the period in South African history between the wars, when the modern system of labour control was developed. It includes chapters on the regulation of working conditions, health and welfare, wage regulation and the state's efforts to control African trade unions.
language: English
title: The mills of God: The state and African labour in South Africa, 1918-1948
titlecomplete: The mills of God: The state and African labour in South Africa, 1918-1948
publisher: Witwatersrand University Press