Families Divided: The Impact of Migrant Labour in Lesotho

by Colin Murray and Colin Murray

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This book examines the effects of migrant labour in a southern African labour reserve. Politically independent, Lesotho is acutely dependent on the export of labour to South Africa. Men spend long periods on contract labour in the South African mines, leaving their wives and families at home. This system of oscillating migration is analysed in its historical context - the development of industrial capitalism in South Africa - and with particular emphasis...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521107091

ISBN13:9780521107099

Release Date:April 2009

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:236 Pages

Weight:0.77 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Cultural History Marriage & Family Social Science Social Sciences

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