This was the first comprehensive analysis of slavery in early colonial South Africa under the Dutch East India Company (1652-1795) when it was published in 1985. Based on archival research in Britain; the Netherlands and South Africa; it examines the nature of Cape slavery with reference to the literature on other slave societies. Dr Worden shows how the slave economy developed in town and countryside; and discusses the dynamics of the slave market; the growth of land concentration; the harsh life on the farm; and the developing polarisation of rural race relations. He analyses the relation of fear and brutality in small farming communities and demonstrates that; contrary to previous assumptions; small-scale slavery produced conditions as severe as those experienced in the large-scale slave-holding systems of the Deep South. This important study contributes to an understanding of the development of South African colonial society and to comparative slave studies.
#109914 in Books Jouet Mugambi 2017-04-03Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.00 x 6.00l; #File Name: 0520293290376 pagesExceptional America What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Understanding the decline of AmericaBy JoyceRaised in Paris by a French mother and Kenyan father; Jouet went to college in America – studying history at Rice University; pubic policy at NYU; and law at Northwestern; and worked as a public defender in Manhattan. He uses the word “exceptional†as that which is different; unusual and notes that it is the polarization of America that makes it exceptional – both within and with the rest of the Western world. Our country is divided over the role of government; access to health care; wealth inequality; financial regulation; climate change; science; sexual propriety; reproductive rights; the literal truth of the Bible; warfare; torture; and human rights. One of the ways we differ from other Western countries is this polarization within our country. Compared to other countries; we are also more insular: we know less about the rest of the world and travel less. We lag behind other industrialized nations in criminal justice; health care; wealth inequality; and human rights. So; even though we have been a global leader in many areas; therefore being great with that meaning of exceptional; our present exceptionalism is likely leading toward decline. Jouet sees four peculiar mindsets in America: profound anti-intellectualism; fervent Christian fundamentalism; a visceral suspicion of government; and racial resentment. His chapters focus on these and other factors which led to Trump’s election; including the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In his final chapters; Jouet recalls our recent history and reflects on how America night eventually reclaim credibility as a global leader by (in his words) “building on its tremendous strengths; tapping into its enormous potential; and addressing the fundamental problems behind its decline."0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Should be Required Reading for All US CitizensBy Dale PetrisheIn today's "uncivil environment" this book should be required reading for all high school students; a course in college and part of military basic training. And elected members of Congress would do well to read it too! We American's live in such an isolation; as a country; it is truly; enlightening; astounding and at times very uncomfortable to "see" our democracy and how we behave; from someone who was born and raised in another country and culture. Mayhap; instead of screaming uncivilly at one another about rights; we stopped and considered how the rest of the world sees us; and start having civil conversations about the Responsibilities of our democracy.Do I agree with everything this author has to say - no; but it sure was food for thought.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. It is objectively worse than you think it is.By owenThis is must reading. Like Edward Luce an intelligent outsider; Mugambi Jouet nails the events; policies; and politics that combined to produce the Trump Presidency. We all saw this coming; commentators like Paul Krugman more clearly than others. But; none dared call it treason. The Republicans and the right wing placed class interests above country and destroyed America; Trump is their reward. Fascism is our future.
