A Concise History of South Africa
2nd Edition
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- Author: Robert Ross, Universiteit Leiden
- Date Published: January 2009
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521720267
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Lays emphasis on the continuing influence of the country's African heritage whilst also chronicling the processes of colonial conquest and of economic development stemming from the industrial revolution. This is followed by an analysis of the fundamental political changes South Africa has undergone, and a background for understanding those many things which have not changed.
Read more- Robert Ross has published widely on South African history over the past 25 years. Notable titles include Adam Kok's Griquas, and Cape of Torments: Slavery and Resistance in South Africa
- This book provides a succinct synthesis of Southern African History over a 1500 year time frame, stressing economic, social, cultural and environmental matters as well as political history
- It emphasises the continuing influence of the country's African heritage, as well as chronicling the processes of colonialism and economic development stemming from the industrial revolution
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: January 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521720267
- length: 272 pages
- dimensions: 215 x 138 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.34kg
- contains: 5 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Terminology and orthography
Introduction
1. The settlement of the country
2. Colonial conquest
3. Unification
4. Consolidation
5. Apartheid
6. The costs of apartheid
7: 'Let freedom reign': the ending of apartheid and the transition to democracy, 1980–1994
8. Epilogue: the acid rain of freedom
Suggestions for further reading
Index.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- African Cultures
- African History Course
- Apartheid and Resistance in South African History
- Black Liberation
- Comparative Higher Education
- Global Encounters: South Africa
- History of Southern Africa
- Mandela's South Africa
- Reading and Writing Non-Fiction
- Southern Africa
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