Class and Consciousness: The Black Petty Bourgeoisie in South Africa, 1924 to 1950

Class and Consciousness: The Black Petty Bourgeoisie in South Africa, 1924 to 1950This is the first book to discuss the emergence and nature of the black bourgeoisie in South Africa in its historical context as a class in itself and for itself. It reveals how, by the 1920s, the black petty bourgeoisie was emerging in South Africa through the process of capitalist development, out of pre existing elites and out of new elites based mainly in the new industrial centers. The book then discusses how the black petty bourgeoise deployed,

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