Sport, space and segregation
Subtitle: politics and society in Pietermaritzburg
By: Christopher Merrett.
Publisher: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Scotsville, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9781869141615
Subjects: Discrimination in sports -- South Africa -- Pietermaritzburg; Sports -- South Africa -- Pietermaritzburg; Sports and state -- South Africa -- Pietermaritzburg; Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 356-372) and index.
Table of contents: title: Imperial sport; title: Racial prejudice and black recreation before the Great War; title: White sport and municipal socialism, 1900-39; title: Clinging to the margins: law, policy, custom and black communities in the inter-war years, 1919-39; title: The moralising of leisure time, 1919-39; title: War-time and the beginnings of apartheid, 1940-9; title: A brief window of opportunity: the African community and recreational need, 1940-9; title: A sword of Damocles: group areas and government sports policy, 1950-9; title: A hardening of the boundaries: legislation and government policy, 1960-72; title: Sport in an apartheid city, 1960-72; title: Shifting the scenery: Aurora Cricket Club, 1973-4; title: 'Depoliticised' sport in apartheid society, 1975-80; title: A decade of protest: sport and political activism, 1980-90; title: Conclusion: sport as contested terrain.