A history of South Africa /

"A leading scholar of South Africa provides a fresh and penetrating exploration of that country's history, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present, focusing primarily on the experiences of its black inhabitants. For this third edition, Leonard Thompson adds...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
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Main Author: Thompson, Leonard Monteath (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:New Haven : Yale University Press, 2001.
Ã2000
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Yale Nota bene.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 political transition, 1989-1994
  • The new South Africa, 1994-2000
  • Appendix: statistics.