`this is an enjoyable book to read and is an excellent piece of scholarship. A wide variety of documentary sources are used intelligently and with persuasion.'Political Studies

• Introduction; The 'problem' of influx control in the 1940s; The NAD's influx control strategy; The legislative foundations of influx control, 1948-1953; The effects of influx control during the 1950s; Labour 'canalization' 1: Realities of the urban labour market; Labour canalization 2: Operation of the labour bureaux system; The NAD's efforts to curb African urbanization; 1959-1961: The shift into apartheid's second phase; Conclusion

`this is an enjoyable book to read and is an excellent piece of scholarship. A wide variety of documentary sources are used intelligently and with persuasion.'Political Studies

• Introduction; The 'problem' of influx control in the 1940s; The NAD's influx control strategy; The legislative foundations of influx control, 1948-1953; The effects of influx control during the 1950s; Labour 'canalization' 1: Realities of the urban labour market; Labour canalization 2: Operation of the labour bureaux system; The NAD's efforts to curb African urbanization; 1959-1961: The shift into apartheid's second phase; Conclusion