| Description |
xvi, 304 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
A brief, general account of the history of South Africa that uncovers the first evidence of hominid existence to the wars of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that led to the establishment of modern South Africa, the horrors of Apartheid, and the optimism following its collapse, as well as the prospects and challenges for the future. |
| Contents |
How it all began -- Early settlers from about 1000 BC to AD 1500 -- Settlers from out of Africa -- Migrations within South Africa -- The mineral discoveries -- The decline of the African chiefdoms and the rural areas -- The Two Anglo-Boer Wars, 1880-1881 and 1899-1902 -- Union, the rise of nationalisms, resistance movements, World War I (1914-1918), and the PACT government (1924-1929) -- New political parties, the rise of the Afrikaners, World War II (1939-1945) and the 1948 elections -- The apartheid government -- The 1960s -- The 1970s and 1980s -- The momentous 1990s -- The years 1999-2008 and 2009-2016 -- Prospects and challenges. |
| Subject |
Apartheid -- South Africa.
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South Africa -- History.
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Apartheid. (OCoLC)fst00811112
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South Africa. (OCoLC)fst01204616
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781785902932 (paperback) |
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1785902938 (paperback) |
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