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A history of South Africa / Leonard Thompson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1995.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xx, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0300065426 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0300065434 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 968 20
LOC classification:
  • DT1787 .T48 1995
Contents:
1. The Africans -- 2. The White Invaders: The Cape Colony, 1652-1870 -- 3. African Wars and White Invaders: Southeast Africa, 1770-1870 -- 4. Diamonds, Gold, and British Imperialism, 1870-1910 -- 5. The Segregation Era, 1910-1948 -- 6. The Apartheid Era, 1948- 1978 -- 7. Apartheid in Crisis, 1978-1989 -- 8. The Transition, 1989-1995.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Africana collection (General) Africana collection (General) AIU/NEGST - Tony Wilmot Memorial Library General Stacks General Circulation DT 1787 .T48 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available R30937J3232

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

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

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.

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