Table of Contents

List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on terminology; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The world that commerce made; 3. Problems of prosperity; 4. White ethnicity, racism and social practice; 5. The dangers of depression; 6. Problems of prosperity revisited; 7. Ethnicity and organisation among Cape Town's workers; 8. A darker shade than pale?; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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An original contribution to South African urban history, focusing on the English merchant class.

Reviews

"Bickford-Smith's book is essential reading for any researcher interested in Urban segregation, especially in South African variety. It is throroughly researched, very readable and his arguments have to be yaken seriously. As a first book on this subject, he succeeds in tying many of the threads left loose by earlier historians and he exposes 'liberal' Cape Town of the late nineteenth century in a way never before seen." Keith Tankard, H-Net Reviews