The history of South Africa
By: Roger B. Beck
Edition: Second edition.
Series: The Greenwood histories of the modern nations; Greenwood histories of the modern nations
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781610695268; 9781610695275
Subjects: Republic of South Africa; General; History; South; HISTORY
Description: "South Africa's history stretches back to the beginnings of human existence. This book provides an overview to South Africa's multiple millennia of history, covering its long and often troubled past to its current status in the 21st century"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: Timeline of historical events; title: South Africa today; title: The first South Africans, 4 million B.C.E.-1488 C.E.; title: European invasion, 1488-1795; title: The British and the Cape colony, 1795-1870; title: African states, Afrikaner republics, and British imperialism, 1770-1870; title: The British imperial age, 1870-1910; title: White union and Black segregation : preparing for apartheid, 1910-1948; title: The apartheid years, 1948-1973; title: The final years of white domination, 1973-1994; title: The Mandela years, 1994-1999; title: After Mandela, 1999-2013; title: Notable people in the history of South Africa.