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  • Tony Wilmot Memorial Library

A history of South Africa /

Thompson, Leonard Monteath.

A history of South Africa / Leonard Thompson. - Rev. ed. - New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1995. - xx, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

[African]

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-319) and index.

The Africans -- The White Invaders: The Cape Colony, 1652-1870 -- African Wars and White Invaders: Southeast Africa, 1770-1870 -- Diamonds, Gold, and British Imperialism, 1870-1910 -- The Segregation Era, 1910-1948 -- The Apartheid Era, 1948- 1978 -- Apartheid in Crisis, 1978-1989 -- The Transition, 1989-1995. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

In the revised version of this acclaimed work, Leonard Thompson has added a new chapter, outlining the country's remarkable transition from a racist political order to a democratic one. A substantial new preface has also been added, and footnotes have been expanded. Above all, this penetrating exploration of South Africa's eventful history - from the earliest known human settlement of the region to the present day - focuses primarily on the experiences of the black inhabitants rather than on those of the white minority.

0300065426 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300065434 (pbk. : alk. paper)

95032729

DT1787 / .T48 1995

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