Class, Race and Gold

Originally published in 1976, this book is a sociological and historical study of class and race relations in a crucial sector of South Africa - the gold mining industry, during and following the First World War.

Frederick A. Johnstone was Professor of Sociology at Memorial University of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

Part 1: Class Structure, Class Interests and Racial Discrimination 1. The System of Racial Discrimination as a Product of the Class Structure and As a System of Class Instruments: Class Colour Bars 2. The System of Racial Discrimination as a Projection and Mediation of Class Contradictions Part 2: Class Relations, Class Conflict and Racial Discrimination 3. Class Colour Bars and Class Conflict: The Mining Companies and the White Workers 4. Class Colour Bars and Class Conflict: The African Workers.