Based on extensive archival research in South Africa and drawing on the most recent scholarship, this book is an original and lucid exposition of the ideological, political and administrative origins of Apartheid. It will add substantially to the understanding of contemporary South Africa.

Preface and Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Section I: The Elaboration of Segregationist Ideology c.1900-36 - Segregation and Cheap Labour - Section II: Structure and Conflict in the Native Affairs Department - The Ideology of Native Administration - Section III: The Passage of Hertzog's Native Bills Part One - The Passage of Hertzog's Native Bills Part Two - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index