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Robert Ross
ISBN: 9780521720267
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
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This book provides a succinct synthesis of Southern African history from the introduction of agriculture about 1500 years ago up to and including the government of Thabo Mbeki. Stressing economic, social, cultural and environmental matters as well as political history, it shows how South Africa has become a single country.
It lays emphasis on the continuing influence of the country's African heritage, whilst also chronicling the processes of colonial conquest and of economic development stemming from the industrial revolution. This is followed by an analysis of the fundamental political changes South Africa has undergone, and a background for understanding those many things which have not changed.
| ISBN | 0521720265 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780521720267
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 340 | | Publisher | Cambridge University Press | | Published in | Cambridge | | Imprint | Cambridge University Press | | Series title | Cambridge Concise Histories | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780521575782 | | Publication date | 29 Feb 2008 | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Library of Congress | DT1787 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | DEWEY | 968 | | Spine width (mm) | 15 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General, Tertiary education | | Pages | 272 | |
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| | | List of illustrations | | | | | | Introduction | | 1 | | 1 | | The settlement of the country | | 5 | | 2 | | Colonial conquest | | 22 | | 3 | | Unification | | 59 | | 4 | | Consolidation | | 91 | | 5 | | Apartheid | | 122 | | 6 | | The costs of apartheid | | 154 | | 7 | | 'Let freedom reign': the ending of apartheid and the transition to democracy, 1980-1994 | | 174 | | 8 | | Epilogue: the acid rain of freedom | | 214 | | | | Suggestions for further reading | | 224 | | | | Index | | 235 |
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