Foundations of the South African Cheap Labour System

Norman Levy was Head of History at the former Middlesex Polytechnic, UK.

• Part 1: The Foundations 1. Calculating the Wage Rate 2. The Black Labour Supply: Early Recruitment and Regulation 3. The Wage Bill: The Agreement of 1890 4. Quasi-official Control: The State and the Chamber of Mines 5. The East Coast Labour Supply: An Alternative Labour Supply 6. Pass Regulations and the Control of Mobility 7. The Formation of a Central Recruiting Organization 8. Manipulating The Wage Rate Part 2: The Randlords’ ‘Revolution from Above’ 9. The Needs of Deep-Level Mining: The Gold Industry and the State 10. The Transition from Boer to British Administration: The Impact of State Intervention Part 3: The Defence of the Labour Structure (1902-6) 11. The Post-War Labour Market 12. The First Defence of the Labour Structure: The Transvaal Labour Commission and the Unskilled Labour Supply 13. The Asian Labour Alternative 14. Racist Legislation and the Introduction of Chinese Labour 15. The Restoration of the Labour Supply.