Selecting Immigrants: National Identity and South Africa's Immigration Policies, 1910–2005

Sally Peberdy

At a time when immigration is at the forefront of international and South African debates, this book critically examines the relationship between changes in South Africa's immigration policies, and shifts in the construction of national identity by the South African state. Relating the history of the immigration policies of the South African state between 1919 and 2008, Peberdy explores the synergy between periods of significant change in state discourses and policies of migration, and those historical moments when South Africa was reinvented politically or was in the process of active nation building. It is in these periods that the relationships between immigration, nationalism and national identity are most starkly revealed.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Preface
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1 - Introduction: Establishing the Territory
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2 - Immigration, Nations and National Identity
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3 - ‘A White Man's Land’: Indian Immigration and the 1913 Immigrants Regulation Act
pp 31-56
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4 - Not White Like Us: Preserving the ‘Original Stocks’ and the Exclusion of Jewish Immigrants
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5 - Building an Unhyphenated Nation: British Immigration and Afrikaner Nationalism
pp 85-108
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6 - One (White) Nation, One Fatherland: Republicanism, Assisted Immigration and the Metaphysical Body
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7 - Democratic South Africa: Inclusive Identities and Exclusive Immigration Policies
pp 137-170
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8 - Conclusion: Nationalisms, National Identities and South Africa's Immigration Policies
pp 171-182
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Notes to Chapters
pp 183-256
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Appendix 1 - Total, immigration and emigration, and net gain/loss in migration, by sex, 1924–2004
pp 257-259
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Appendix 2 - Immigration by country of previous permanent residence, birth and citizenship, 1924–2004
pp 260-290
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Bibliography
pp 291-319
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Table of Contents
pp v-v

Acknowledgements
pp vi-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

1 - Introduction: Establishing the Territory
pp 1-10

2 - Immigration, Nations and National Identity
pp 11-30

3 - ‘A White Man's Land’: Indian Immigration and the 1913 Immigrants Regulation Act
pp 31-56

4 - Not White Like Us: Preserving the ‘Original Stocks’ and the Exclusion of Jewish Immigrants
pp 57-84

5 - Building an Unhyphenated Nation: British Immigration and Afrikaner Nationalism
pp 85-108

6 - One (White) Nation, One Fatherland: Republicanism, Assisted Immigration and the Metaphysical Body
pp 109-136

7 - Democratic South Africa: Inclusive Identities and Exclusive Immigration Policies
pp 137-170

8 - Conclusion: Nationalisms, National Identities and South Africa's Immigration Policies
pp 171-182

Notes to Chapters
pp 183-256

Appendix 1 - Total, immigration and emigration, and net gain/loss in migration, by sex, 1924–2004
pp 257-259

Appendix 2 - Immigration by country of previous permanent residence, birth and citizenship, 1924–2004
pp 260-290

Bibliography
pp 291-319

Index
pp 320-329

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