South Africa and the Long History of Globalization (Globalizing Regions)

Kevin Cox's book looks at South Africa in the context of the history of capitalist globalization, moving from the late nineteenth century forward to post-apartheid times. Throughout, Cox focuses on how the homogenizing processes of capitalist globalization (which he argues stretch back far deeper in time than many believe) are always constrained by place and the social conditions therein. South Africa, while fully shaped by a European-dominated capitalist system, evolved in unique ways due its d...