A History of South Africa: Third EditionA 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 two new chapters that describe the transfer of power and the new South Africa under the presidencies of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. |
Contents
1 The Africans | 1 |
The Cape Colony 16521870 | 31 |
Southeast Africa 17701870 | 70 |
4 Diamonds Gold and British Imperialism 18701910 | 110 |
5 The Segregation Era 19101948 | 154 |
6 The Apartheid Era 19481978 | 187 |
7 Apartheid in Crisis 19781989 | 221 |
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African History African population apartheid became Botha Britain British government burghers Buthelezi cabinet Cape Colony Cape peninsula Cape Town cattle century chiefdoms chiefs Ciskei Coloured commandos communities constitution created culture dominated Durban Dutch eastern economy election emigrants ethnic European farming force frontier highveld Homelands hunter-gatherers Ibid Indian industry Johannesburg Khoikhoi Kimberley Klerk KwaZulu labor land leaders Leonard Thompson Lesotho liberal lived Mail and Guardian majority Mbeki ment Mfecane military miners mining minister missionaries mixed farmers Moreover Natal National party Native Ndebele Nelson Mandela Nguni officials Orange Free organizations Parliament pastoralists percent political president Pretoria Race Relations Survey racial regime region republic settlement settlers slaves Smuts social Sotho South Africa South African Survey Southern Africa territory thousand tion trade Transvaal trekboers Tswana United urban Vaal white population white South Africans Witwatersrand women workers Xhosa Zulu Zulu kingdom