History of South Africa
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History of South Africa
Yale U.P, 1990
- : pbk
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This 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. It is aimed at anyone wishing to understand the historical patterns that set in motion the conflicts that rage in this troubled land. Thompson draws on the findings of both radical and liberal scholarship of the 1970s and 1980s and strikes a balance in his interpretation of the strengths, vulnerabilities, intentions, and perspectives of contending interests - race, class, culture, and gender - that have vied over the years for a place in South Africa.
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, 1910-1940
- the apartheid era, 1948-1978
- apartheid in crisis, 1978-1989. Appendix: statistics.
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