A Short History of South Africa
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A Short History of South Africa

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
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A Short History of South Africa

About this book

South Africa is popularly perceived as the most influential nation in Africa – a gateway to an entire continent for finance, trade and politics, and a crucial mediator in its neighbours' affairs. On the other hand, post-Apartheid dreams of progress and reform have, in part, collapsed into a morass of corruption, unemployment and criminal violence.A Short History of South Africa is a brief, general account of the history of this most complicated and fascinating country – from the first evidence of hominid existence to the wars of the 18th, 19th and 20th 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.This readable and thorough account, illustrated with maps and photographs, is the culmination of a lifetime of researching and teaching the broad spectrum of South African history.Nattrass's passion for her subject shines through, whether she is elucidating the reader on early humans in the cradle of humankind, or describing the tumultuous twentieth-century processes that shaped the democracy that is South Africa today.

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Information

Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781785902932
eBook ISBN
9781785903687
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Maps
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Timeline
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: How it all began
  10. Chapter 2: Early settlers from about 1000 bc to ad 1500
  11. Chapter 3: Settlers from out of Africa
  12. Chapter 4: Migrations within South Africa
  13. Chapter 5: The mineral discoveries
  14. Chapter 6: The decline of the African chiefdoms and the rural areas
  15. Chapter 7: The Two Anglo-Boer Wars, 1880–1881 and 1899–1902
  16. Chapter 8: Union, the rise of nationalisms, resistance movements, World War I(1914–1918), and the PACT government (1924–1929)
  17. Chapter 9: New political parties, the rise of the Afrikaners, World War II (1939–1945) and the 1948 elections
  18. Chapter 10: The apartheid government
  19. Chapter 11: The 1960s
  20. Chapter 12: The 1970s and 1980s
  21. Chapter 13: The momentous 1990s
  22. Chapter 14: The years 1999–2008 and 2009–2016
  23. Chapter 15: Prospects and challenges
  24. Postscript
  25. Acknowledgements
  26. Index
  27. About the Author
  28. Copyright