South Africa & India
Subtitle: shaping the global South
By: edited by Isabel Hofmeyr and Michelle Williams
Publisher: Wits University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781868145386
Subjects: Politics and government; Relations
Other titles: South Africa and India
Description: "[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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-317) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: South Africa-India : historical connections, cultural circulations and socio-political comparisons / Isabel Hofmeyr and Michelle Williams; title: Historical connections. Gandhi's printing press : Indian Ocean print cultures and cosmopolitanisms / Isabel Hofmeyr; title: Steamship empire : Asian, African and British sailors in the Merchant Marine c. 1880-1945 / Jonathan Hyslop; title: The interlocking worlds of the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa and India / Pradip Kumar Datta; title: The disquieting of history : Portuguese (de)colonisation and Goan migration in the India Ocean / Pamila Gupta; title: Monty ... meets Gandhi ... meets Mandela : the dilemma of non-violent resisters in South Africa, 1940-60 / Goolam Vahed; title: Socio-political comparisons. Renaissances, African and modern : Gandhi as a resource? / Crain Soudien; title: Democratic deepening in India and South Africa / Patrick Heller; title: Local democracy in Indian and South African cities : a comparative literature review / Claire Bénit-Gbaffou and Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal; title: Reimagining socialist futures in South Africa and Kerala, India / Michelle Williams; title: Labour, migrancy and urbanisation in South Africa and India, 1900-60 / Phil Bonner; title: Conclusion: Cricket ethics : reflections on a South African-Indian politics of virture / Eric Worby.