Preface; 1. The problem of segregation; 2. Contemporary perspectives; 3. Recent interpretations of the origins of segregation in South Africa; 4. The origins of segregation in the American South: the Woodward thesis and its critics; 5. The south makes segregation: the economic interpretation; 6. The south makes segregation: the social interpretation; 7. A note on southern moderates and segregation; 8. South Africa makes segregation; 9. Conclusion: reactions to segregation; Notes; Index.