White, poor, and angry : white working class families in Johannesburg / Lis Lange.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lange, Lis.

Series:

Race and representation (Aldershot, England)

Race and representation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--South Africa.

Social classes.

White people--South Africa--Johannesburg--Economic conditions.

White people.

White people--South Africa--Johannesburg--Social conditions.

Working class--South Africa--Johannesburg.

Working class.

Poor--South Africa.

Poor.

Social conditions.

Economic conditions.

South Africa.

South Africa--Johannesburg.

Physical Description:

viii, 186 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2003]

Contents:

1 Class Experience, Class Consciousness and White Working Class Identity in South African Historiography 1

2 The Emergence of the South African White Working Class in Johannesburg, 1890-1906 9

3 The Political Economy of White Working Class Housing in Johannesburg, 1890-1906 39

4 White Working Class Housing and the Emergence of the Urban Problem in Johannesburg, 1907-1922 75

5 White Workers' Daily Life in Johannesburg, 1890-1922 101

6 The Ideological Construction of the Poor White Problem, 1890-1922 133

7 The Making of the White Working Class in Johannesburg, 1890-1922 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.

ISBN:

0754609154

OCLC:

50478541