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This book explores the decision of the British Empire to import Chinese labour to southern Africa despite the already tense racial situation in the region. It enables a clearer understanding of racial and political developments in southern Africa during the reconstruction period and places localised issues within a wider historiography.

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Introduction 1. Chinese Migration and ´White´ Networks, c.1850-1902 2. The Transvaal Labour ´Problem´ and the Chinese Solution 3. Greater Britain in South Africa: Colonial Nationalisms and Imperial Networks 4. A Question of Honour: slavery, sovereignty and the legal framework 5. Sex, Violence and the Chinese: The 1905-6 Moral Panic 6. Adapting the Stereotype: Race and Administrative Control 7. Political Repercussions Conclusion: Racializing Empire Appendix A: List of Key Figures Bibliography

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Rachel Bright is Lecturer in Modern History at Keele University, UK. Previously she was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of East Anglia, and has taught at the London School of Economics and Goldsmith´s College, London. Bright completed her PhD at King´s College London in 2009 and before that, was Programme Manager for scholarships at The Fulbright Commission.

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