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Book SynopsisJosiah Brownell received his Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2009, and has a J.D. from the University Of Virginia School Of Law. His research focuses on Rhodesian history, comparative settler colonialism, and the end of the British Empire.
Table of ContentsList of illustrations – ix List of abbreviations – xi Acknowledgements – xiii 1. Introduction: The Hidden War of Numbers in Rhodesia – 1 The Course of the Visible War – 4 Racial Numbers and the Nature of the Settler State – 7 The War of Numbers and the Nature of Rhodesia’s Racial Divisions – 14 The Hidden Ubiquity of Population Pressures – 16 The Historiography of Demographic Engineering – 20 Chapter Overview – 22 2. The Rationalism of Racial Population Imbalances: ‘A Matter of Political Consequences’ – 25 The Impact of the 1962 Census – 26 Counting, Controlling, and Regulating the African Population – 30 Proposed Solutions to the Population Problem – 35 The Casus Belli for the War of Numbers: the 1969 Census – 38 Control over the Numbers – 41 Conclusion – 42 3. The African Population Explosion: ‘The Greatest Problem’ – 45 Wealthy Populations, Poor Populations, and Neo=Malthusianism – 47 Historicising White Population Anxieties in Rhodesia – 50 The Origins of the State’s Population Policy – 56 The Failure of the State’s Population Policy – 63 Measuring the State’s Success – 66 Conclusion – 68 4. White Emigration: ‘There’s a Hole in the Bucket’ – 71 White Demography Reconsidered – 72 Exit, Voice, and Loyalty among White Rhodesians – 76 White Transience Explored – 79 The Economic Effects of White Emigration – 79 White Emigration and the Military Conflict – 81 The Political Consequences of White Emigration – 85 Engineering Emigration – 87 Conclusion – 94 5. Rhodesia’s Immigration Policy: ‘To Save Civilisation in this Country’ – 97 The Migration Market – 98 Discourses Concerning Immigration – 107 Economic Aspects of Immigration – 114 The Formation and Evolution of the State’s Immigration Policy – 116 Analysing the Post-UDI Immigration Yields – 124 Tensions and Contradictions in Rhodesia’s White Migration Policies – 128 Conclusion – 130 6. African Agency in the War of Numbers: ‘Nature is on Our Side’ – 131 White and African Perspectives on Population Matters – 132 The Politicisation of ‘Natural’ Growth Rates – 135 The Nexus between Population and Land – 137 Nationalist Propaganda – 141 African Influence on White Migration Patterns – 146 African Influence on the Rate of White Natural Increase – 149 Nationalist Resistance to the State’s Family Planning Initiatives – 154 Conclusion – 163 7. Conclusion – 165 Conundrums, Conflicts, and Contradictions within the State’s Population Policies – 169 The Timing of Rhodeisa’s Collapse – 173 Who was the Rhodesian Rebellion For? – 174 How Unique was Rhodesia’s Fate? – 177 Notes – 179 Bibliography – 223 Index – 233
