Becoming liberal : a history of the National Union of South African students : 1945-1955

Master Thesis

2001

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Larkin, Clare
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Phillips, Howard
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University of Cape Town

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Department of Historical Studies
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The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was established in 1924 as a forum for white South African students. The rise of Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and the establishment of the ultra-nationalist Afrikaanse Studentebond (ANS) led to the disaffiliation from NUSAS of the student bodies of the Afrikaans-medium universities. Until the end of the Second World War, two groups of students jostled for control of NUSAS. The first championed the ideal of a broad white South African national feeling and worked for the return of the Afikaans-speaking centres, while the second group, predominantly left-wing radicals based at Wits, called for NUSAS to become a racially more inclusive organisation and admit Fort Hare to membership.
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Includes bibliographical references.

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Historical Studies

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Larkin, C. 2001. Becoming liberal : a history of the National Union of South African students : 1945-1955. University of Cape Town.

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