Selecting Immigrants

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.

Auteur

Sally Peberdy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town. She is the 2007 winner of the Wits University Reserach Committee Publication Award.

Contenu

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Establishing the Territory Chapter 1 Immigration, Nations and National Identity Chapter 2 'A White Man's Land': Indian Immigration and the 1913 Immigrants Regulation Act Chapter 3 Not White Like Us: Preserving 'Original Stocks' and the Exclusion of Jewish Immigrants Chapter 4 Building an Unhyphenated Nation: British Immigration and Afrikaner Nationalism Chapter 5 One (White) Nation, One Fatherland: Republicanism, Assisted Immigration and the Metaphysical Body Chapter 6 Democratic South Africa: Inclusive Identities and Exclusive Immigration Policies Conclusion: Nationalisms, National Identities and South Africa's Immigration Policies Notes to Chapters Appendix 1: Total, immigration and emigration, and net gain/loss in migration, by sex, 1924-2004 Appendix 2: Immigration by country of previous permanent residence, birth and citizenship, 1924-2004 Bibliography Index