"The Asiatic Menace": Creating Segregation in Durban, 1870-1900 by Maynard W. Swanson

Origin date: 1983
Updated: 26 Jun 2019

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Summary

This article attempts to press the inquiry into urban development and the mentality of colonial authority further back into the nineteenth century. It also seeks to add to our knowledge of Natal, the rise of its Indian community, and its often unrecognized or discounted role in the inception of segregation in South Africa as a whole.

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01"The Asiatic Menace": Creating Segregation in Durban, 1870-1900 by Maynard W. Swanson, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1983), pp. 401- 421. Boston University African Studies Center. Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/218743

Last updated · 26 Jun 2019

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South African History Online. (2018, September 11). "The Asiatic Menace": Creating Segregation in Durban, 1870-1900 by Maynard W. Swanson. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0125349

South African History Online (2018) '"The Asiatic Menace": Creating Segregation in Durban, 1870-1900 by Maynard W. Swanson', South African History Online, 11 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0125349 (Accessed: 23 July 2026).

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""The Asiatic Menace": Creating Segregation in Durban, 1870-1900 by Maynard W. Swanson." South African History Online, 11 Sept. 2018, https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0125349. Accessed 23 July 2026.

South African History Online. ""The Asiatic Menace": Creating Segregation in Durban, 1870-1900 by Maynard W. Swanson." South African History Online. September 11, 2018. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0125349.