A history of South Africa
"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."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©1995
Rev. ed View all formats and editions
Yale University Press, New Haven, ©1995
History
xx, 332 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780300065428, 9780300065435, 0300065426, 0300065434
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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 transition, 1989-1995