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"... remarkable... " --Foreign Affairs "... illuminates the workings of institutionalized racism through the correspondence of three South African women in the 1940s and '50s." --Feminist Bookstore News "The history of a place and time is made vivid by the combination of the rich personal record of the letters and the theoretically framed analytic discussion. The result is new insight into the history of black education in South Africa, and a revealing study of the dynamics of women's relations under colonialism across the lines of race, age and power." --Susan Greenstein, The Women's Review of Books "A riveting and revealing book--one in which few of the characters wear hats that are spotle...
At a time of increasing international concern with immigration this book is a timely reminder of the enormous contribution generations of academic refugees have made to learning the world over. The essays celebrate both the work of the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics and the achievements of the scholars themselves.
"The standard of contribution is high . . . the reader gets a good sense of the cutting edge of historical research." – African Affairs
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A critical account of the history of nursing in South Africa. The book explores the establishment of nursing as a profession for white English-speaking ladies at the end of the 19th century and the class and racial tensions that developed as Afrikaner and black women were drawn into its ranks.